Berg Balance Scale
Assesses static and dynamic balance to quantify fall risk in elderly and neurological patients
- Highest activation tier
- Recommended
- How it is scored
- Scored in code; a stated value is compared only from the structured summary or a supplied value
- Scoring type
- questionnaire
- Care settings
- Inpatient, Outpatient
When it activates
Scribeable activates a calculator from the encounter. The Berg Balance Scale can activate when the transcript or pasted chart context documents any of these:
- Balance assessment
- Fall risk evaluation
- Vestibular rehabilitation monitoring
Note-type scope: it activates on notes whose subject resolves to rehab, neurology. A note that resolves to another subject does not carry it even when the clinician's specialty matches; a note with no resolvable subject (a generic consultation) falls back to the specialty match.
Inputs the note needs
1 input. Each is resolved from the transcript, the pasted chart context and charted labs; at this calculator’s tier a missing input is never requested, and a missing required input keeps the score out of the draft.
| Input | Type | Unit / options | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berg Balance Scale score (0-56) | exam |
Scoring
14 items scored 0-4. Total 0-56.
Interpretation
0-20: High fall risk — wheelchair bound. 21-40: Medium fall risk — walking with assistance. 41-56: Low fall risk — independent.
Evidence
Sources carried in Scribeable's citation registry for this calculator; guideline version: Berg 1992.
- Berg KO et al. Measuring balance in the elderly: validation of an instrumentBerg et al. (Balance Scale) 1992 · 1992 · Level I · link last verified 2026-03-28
How Scribeable handles it in the note
When an encounter activates the Berg Balance Scale (its highest tier is recommended), Scribeable does not ask you for missing inputs. The score is computed in code from whatever inputs resolve from the transcript, the pasted chart context or charted labs; a computed value is written into the draft only when every required input already resolves.
The score is computed in code from the resolved inputs, not recalled by the language model. A stated Berg Balance Scale value is compared against the computed one when the draft's structured summary carries it; a disagreement found there is flagged to the second drafting pass, which is instructed to correct the score and its interpretation, unless Scribeable has supplied the computed value to that pass, in which case the value the draft writes is checked against the supplied one and a detected difference is shown beside the note for you to adjudicate rather than silently rewritten.
Classified as a risk score: activated strictly, by a documented trigger, never by a permissive reading of the encounter.
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