Sx
Abbreviation with 3 meanings
| Stands for | Symptoms |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 3 |
| Categories | Medical, Geography & Places |
| Also written | SX |
Sx has three meanings. The most common are Symptoms (medical documentation) and Surgery (medical documentation); it can also stand for Sint Maarten.
Meanings of Sx at a glance
| # | Sx stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Symptoms | Medical › Medical Documentation |
| 2 | Surgery | Medical › Medical Documentation |
| 3 | Sint Maarten | Geography & Places › Country Code |
1. Symptoms
Medical · Medical Documentation Abbreviations
Shorthand for symptoms, the subjective experiences reported by the patient, such as pain, nausea or fatigue, as opposed to signs found on examination.
Example: Flu-like Sx x 3 days: fever, myalgias, dry cough.
"Sx" can also mean surgery, so phrases like "post-Sx" are ambiguous without context. Some writers use "sx" for symptoms and spell out surgery. Associated terms include "asx" or "asymptomatic" and "sx mgmt" for symptom management, common in palliative care notes.
2. Surgery
Medical · Medical Documentation Abbreviations
Shorthand for surgery or a surgical procedure, used in clinic notes, scheduling and plans, as in "planned Sx" or "post-Sx care".
Example: Ortho consult: recommend Sx for displaced fracture, booked for tomorrow.
Less standard than "surg" or "OR", and easily confused with Sx for symptoms; many style guides recommend writing "surgery" in full. In ophthalmology and dentistry "Sx" may refer to a specific procedure listed nearby. Past surgical history is abbreviated PSH, not PSx, in most American notes.
3. Sint Maarten (SX)
Geography & Places · Country Code Abbreviations
Dutch southern half of the island of Saint Martin, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 2010, with Philipsburg as its capital. Planes landing at Princess Juliana Airport pass just over Maho Beach.
Example: Cruise passengers dock in Philipsburg, SX and cross to the French side by taxi.
The airport code SXM matches the alpha-3 code. The French northern half of the island uses MF.
Related abbreviations
More medical documentation abbreviations
- SH – Social history
- SOAP – Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
- SOAPIE – Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan, Intervention, Evaluation
- SOB – Shortness of breath
- TO – Telephone order
- TORB – Telephone order read back
- Tx – Treatment
- UTD – Up to date
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More country code abbreviations
- ST – São Tomé and Príncipe
- SU – Soviet Union
- SUI – Switzerland
- SV – El Salvador
- SY – Syria
- SZ – Eswatini
- TC – Turks and Caicos Islands
- TD – Chad
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This entry is for general education and is not medical advice. Abbreviation use varies between institutions; always confirm in context.