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<PUBLIC-DOCUMENT-COUNT>2
<PERIOD>20040519
<FILING-DATE>20040520
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>COMPUTER PROGRAMS & SYSTEMS INC
<CIK>0001169445
<ASSIGNED-SIC>7371
<IRS-NUMBER>743032373
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>6600 WALL STREET
<CITY>MOBILE
<STATE>AL
<ZIP>36695
<PHONE>2516398100
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>SCHNEIDER VICTOR S
<CIK>0001215654
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>000-49796
<FILM-NUMBER>04821894
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>C/O CPSI SOLUTIONS
<STREET2>6600 WALL ST
<CITY>MOBILE
<STATE>AL
<ZIP>36695
<PHONE>2516398100
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>5 DEMOUY AVE.
<CITY>MOBILE
<STATE>AL
<ZIP>36606
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-05-19</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001169445</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COMPUTER PROGRAMS &amp; SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CPSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001215654</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SCHNEIDER VICTOR S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6600 WALL STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MOBILE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>36695</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President - Sales</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-05-19</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>19.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>80000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>100</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>As custodian for minor son</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>100</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>As custodian for minor son</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Since the date of Mr. Schneider's last ownership report, he transferred 21,500 shares of CPSI common stock to his former spouse pursuant to a domestic relations order.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>M. Stephen Walker, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-05-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>attach_1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR VICTOR S. SCHNEIDER DATED OCTOBER 28, 2002
<TEXT>
                       LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned officer and/or director of Computer Programs
and Systems, Inc. ("CPSI") hereby constitutes and appoints each of
David A. Dye, J. Boyd Douglas, M. Stephen Walker and Darrell G. West,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

       (1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of CPSI, any and
all Forms 3, 4, and 5 prepared for and on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules promulgated thereunder;

       (2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, to complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and to timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

       (3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-
in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is CPSI assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by CPSI, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of October, 2002.

                                      /s/ Victor S. Schneider
                                      Signature

                                      Victor S. Schneider
                                      Print Name



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