Write a dental chart note that survives an insurance audit, a recall years later, and a colleague picking up the case cold — the finding, the justification, the consent conversation, and the materials, in the order a reviewer looks for them. Use when asked to write a chart note, document a procedure, improve clinical documentation, or when a claim was denied for insufficient documentation. Produces a structured note with subjective, objective, assessment and plan, the medical necessity justification, consent documented, materials and lot numbers, and the next-visit plan. Documentation support only; the clinical content is the treating clinician's.
“Write a chart note for this extraction”“Our claim was denied for insufficient documentation — what should the note have said?”“How do I document consent properly?”“Help me write a defensible clinical note for a complication”“What does an insurance auditor look for in a dental note?”
What to give it
▸The visit — procedure performed, tooth or quadrant, date, and the treating clinician
▸The findings — clinical and radiographic, including what justified treatment
▸The conversation — what was explained, what alternatives were offered, what the patient consented to
▸Materials and anaesthetic — what was used, including amounts and lot numbers where your jurisdiction requires them
▸Anything unusual — complications, patient reaction, deviation from the planned treatment
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Every treatment performed traces back to a documented finding
✓The assessment names a diagnosis, not a procedure
✓Consent records what was explained and what alternatives were offered, not just that consent was given
✓Anaesthetic, materials, and lot numbers are recorded where required
✓Complications are recorded, or their absence is stated explicitly
✓The note is written so a colleague could take over the case from it alone
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Documenting the procedure without the finding.** The most common cause of a denied claim and an indefensible record.
**Consent as a checkbox.** 'Consent obtained' proves nothing about what the patient actually understood.
**Silence about complications.** An unrecorded complication reads as a concealed one.
**Copy-forward notes.** Identical wording across visits destroys the credibility of the whole chart.
**Writing the note days later without marking it as a late entry.** Late entries are acceptable; undisclosed ones are not.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y -p pm-claude-skills pm-claude-skills-mcp