Ferriman-Gallwey Score (Hirsutism)

When it activates

Scribeable activates a calculator from the encounter. The Ferriman-Gallwey Score (Hirsutism) can activate when the transcript or pasted chart context documents any of these:

• Hirsutism assessment
• PCOS evaluation
• Hyperandrogenism workup

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.

Scoring

9 body areas (upper lip, chin, chest, upper abdomen, lower abdomen, upper arms, thighs, upper back, lower back), each 0-4. Total 0-36.

Interpretation

<8: Normal. 8-15: Mild hirsutism. 16-25: Moderate hirsutism. >25: Severe hirsutism. ≥8 warrants androgen workup.

Evidence

Sources carried in Scribeable's citation registry for this calculator; guideline version: Ferriman & Gallwey 1961.

• Ferriman D, Gallwey JD. Clinical assessment of body hair growth in womenFerriman & Gallwey 1961 · 1961 · link last verified 2026-03-28

How Scribeable handles it in the note

When an encounter activates the Ferriman-Gallwey Score (Hirsutism) (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 Ferriman-Gallwey Score (Hirsutism) 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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Can activate in: OB/GYN, Dermatology, Endocrinology.