About Reports
A specific type of eye report that can be a hand-written or electronic document from an eye doctor.
What is a Chart Note?
The section that collects previous medical and ocular health information from the patient.
What is Subjective/History?
Abbreviation for a physician who may specialize in diagnosis and treatment of refractive, medical, and surgical problems related to eye diseases and disorders.
What is an M.D.?
The abbreviation for the right eye and left eye.
What is OD and OS? (must state in the correct order)
An acceptable DSB alternative to chart notes or letters from doctors that can be used for the eye report requirement.
What is the DSB-2202 Form?
The section that tests current eye health.
What is Objective/Assessments?
Abbreviation for a doctor of optometry specialized in vision problems and treating vision conditions with glasses or contact lenses and who cannot conduct eye surgery.
What is an O.D.?
OAG or POAG or COAG
What is the abbreviation for open angle glaucoma, also called primary open angle glaucoma or chronic open angle glaucoma.
Two acceptable formats of a doctor signature on an eye report.
What is handwritten or electronic?
The section that describes results from the examination.
What is the Impressions/Diagnosis?
Abbreviation for a therapist who can bill insurance and will sometimes have experience working in low vision.
What is an O.T.?
The four requirements on an eye report for DSB.
What is diagnosis, visual acuity, signature, and date?
The parts of SOAP.
What is the acronym for the eye report process: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan?
Abbreviation for a certified low vision therapist who has studied and performed work under an eye doctor in a low vision clinic to earn credentials with ACVREP.
What is a CLVT?
r/o - often used when the eye condition has not yet been determined
What is the abbreviation for rule out and when is it used?
DVA cc would tell you what on an eye report.
What is distance visual acuity with correction?
Where do you find the best corrected visual acuities on the eye report?
Name the two abbreviations for eye doctors that are accepted by DSB on eye reports.
What are MD and OD?
phni, it means the patient did not show signs of benefiting from refraction
What is the abbreviation for pinhole no improvement and what does it mean?