The abbreviation for 'Consistent with' is which?

• A. c
• B. cc
• C. c/w
• D. c/o

Answer: (C)

Think about how clinicians communicate findings concisely. Consistent with means the observed data align with what would be expected for a given diagnosis. The standard shorthand for that idea is c/w. Using just a single letter or other abbreviations can be ambiguous: c by itself isn’t widely used to mean consistent with, cc often stands for cubic centimeters or chief complaint, and c/o means complains of. So when a note states that a finding is c/w a particular diagnosis, it clearly indicates that the appearance or result supports that diagnosis. For example, imaging features described as c/w pneumonia suggest the observed pattern matches what would be expected with pneumonia.