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Depression Screening Result: LOINC code value required or is SNOMED CT result code alone sufficient

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    • Siddhartha Sinha
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    • Applied Research Works Inc.
    • How to interpret the LOINC codes for Depression Screening: SNOMED CT result code alone sufficient or corresponding value associated with LOINC code also required.
    • ​For this measure (CMS2) the LOINC code is used only to identify a standardized depression screening tool and not the result of the screening. The result is sufficiently represented by a SNOMED CT code.
    • CMS2v6/NQF0418
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      Numerator compliance for depression screening requires both a LOINC code representing the screening (Adolescent or Adult) AND a SNOMED CT result (Positive or Negative). Since LOINC codes are intended to have accompanying values, is that also true in this case? Does the LOINC code need to have a value (1=Positive, 2=Negative) that matches the SNOMED CT code, or is the SNOMED CT code alone sufficient to represent the result of the depression screening?
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      Numerator compliance for depression screening requires both a LOINC code representing the screening (Adolescent or Adult) AND a SNOMED CT result (Positive or Negative). Since LOINC codes are intended to have accompanying values, is that also true in this case? Does the LOINC code need to have a value (1=Positive, 2=Negative) that matches the SNOMED CT code, or is the SNOMED CT code alone sufficient to represent the result of the depression screening?

          edave Mathematica EC eCQM Team
          Sid Sinha Siddhartha Shankar Sinha (Inactive)
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