How to Fill Out Standard Form 600, Chronological Record OF Medical Care

Standard Form 600 at a glance

What it is: The form is the Chronological Record of Medical Care, a Medical Record.

A filled-in Standard Form 600 example: one entry on the chronological record

Standard Form 600 example filled out, example: one entry on the chronological record
The picture shows page 1 only. A treating organization at Anytown Medical Facility records one visit for a patient who is his own sponsor and is male, so the Male box is checked and the Female box stays empty. The staff member writes the date, the symptoms, the diagnosis and the treatment in the entry line, and signs the entry, as the form asks. Every name, number and date in the example is made up. Open the picture to see it full size.

How to fill out Standard Form 600, box by box

Tap a group of boxes to open it, and a picture to see it full size.

Patient's identification

Fill in Patient's Identification: (For typed or written entries, give: Name - last, first, middle; ID Number or SSN; Sex (Male or Female); Date of Birth; Rank/Grade).

Write the Sponsor's Name, the Social Security/ID Number and the Relationship to Sponsor.

Hospital or medical facility

Write the Hospital or Medical Facility, the Status Department/Service and Records Maintained At.

Write the Register Number and the Ward Number.

Date, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, treating organization

Under Date Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Treating Organization (Sign each entry), write the date and the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and treating organization, and sign each entry.

Common questions about Standard Form 600

What is an SF 600?

The form is the Chronological Record of Medical Care, a Medical Record.

Sources

[1] Standard Form 600, Chronological Record OF Medical Care (the Official source link on this page).

Standard Form 600 PDF Details

The form is authorized for local reproduction, and the previous edition is not usable.

Patient identification: for typed or written entries, give name (last, first, middle), ID number or SSN, sex, date of birth and rank or grade.

Also on the form: the hospital or medical facility, sponsor's name, status, department or service, relationship to sponsor, register number and ward number.

Privacy Act: the information may be provided to appropriate Government agencies when relevant to civil, criminal or regulatory investigations or prosecutions.

QuestionAnswer
Form NameStandard Form 600
Form Length2 pages
Fillable?Yes
Fillable fields130
Avg. time to fill out22 min
Edition9/2025
Issuing agencyGSA
Previous editionNot usable
Matches the agency's fileYes, checked October 1, 2026
Other namesSF 600, SF600, SF-600, Standard Form 600, Chronological Record of Medical Care
Official sourceStandard Form 600 (Rev 9/2025), General Services Administration