What is used to record data about office procedures and services provided to patients?

An encounter form is specifically designed to capture data about the services provided to patients during their visits to a healthcare facility. This form typically includes details such as patient information, the procedures performed, the diagnosis codes, and any services rendered. By documenting all relevant information during a patient encounter, this form serves multiple purposes, including facilitating billing, managing patient care, and improving clinical documentation.

While other options like the insurance claim or uniform bill play a role in billing processes, they do not inherently record the comprehensive data related to office procedures at the point of service. An insurance claim is more focused on the reimbursement aspect, and a uniform bill is used mostly for summarizing charges for billing purposes, making them less suitable for directly recording detailed patient encounter information. The chargemaster, on the other hand, is a comprehensive list of charges for services and is utilized for billing but does not serve the same direct patient-visit recording function as the encounter form does.