Medical Scribe Training Manual Practice Test

Rx is the standard shorthand for prescription—the medication order sent to a pharmacy to dispense a drug. In charting and clinical notes, this abbreviation signals the specific medication to be prescribed and filled. By contrast, Tx means treatment or the overall therapeutic plan, which can include multiple components and isn’t the direct order to dispense a medication. The other abbreviations shown represent unrelated concepts: status post (s/p) indicates something has already occurred, and signs/symptoms (s/s) describe what the patient is experiencing or what is observed. Thus, the abbreviation that corresponds to a medication order is Rx.