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

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    • Type: EC eCQMs - Eligible Clinicians
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Moderate
    • Component/s: Guidance, ValueSet
    • Siddhartha Sinha
    • 14252560110
    • 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?

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          Mathematica EC eCQM Team (Inactive)
          Reporter:
          Siddhartha Shankar Sinha (Inactive)
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