In plain English
It points to the specific day on the calendar when care happened. In healthcare, this means the day of one particular visit or one particular service.
In context
Here, it labels the field for the calendar date when the patient had the particular visit or service connected to the requested records.
- Situation
- Managing records, consent forms, proxies, privacy, and information release
- What it communicates
- labels the field for the service date tied to the requested records.
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not identify what kind of care was provided beyond indicating when that particular visit or service occurred.
Examples
“The claim was corrected because the date of service was 14 March, not the day the invoice was sent.”
“Before sending the requested records, the clerk added the date of service for the follow-up visit.”