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CMS-2 Depression Screening and Follow Up Question #2

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    • Shari Black
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      Thank you for your inquiry regarding CMS2v13 Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan.

      The scenario you described would only meet the numerator criteria for follow-up if:

      The clinician placed an order for a medication, OR,
      Placed an order for a referral, OR,
      Documented, on the day of or two days after the qualifying encounter, that a follow-up intervention was performed.
      A list of follow-up interventions for this measure can be found in:

      "Follow Up for Adolescent Depression (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1569)" and

      "Follow Up for Adult Depression (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1568)" value sets.

      You can reference the applicable codes containing these value sets on the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) at https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/. Click on the “Search Value Sets” tab and enter the value set ID to review codes included in the respective value set.
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      Thank you for your inquiry regarding CMS2v13 Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan. The scenario you described would only meet the numerator criteria for follow-up if: The clinician placed an order for a medication, OR, Placed an order for a referral, OR, Documented, on the day of or two days after the qualifying encounter, that a follow-up intervention was performed. A list of follow-up interventions for this measure can be found in: "Follow Up for Adolescent Depression (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1569)" and "Follow Up for Adult Depression (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1568)" value sets. You can reference the applicable codes containing these value sets on the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) at https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/ . Click on the “Search Value Sets” tab and enter the value set ID to review codes included in the respective value set.
    • CMS0002v13

      CMS-2 Depression Screening and Follow Up: If a patient screens positive for depression but refuses treatment such as a medication or referral to a specialist will this meet numerator criteria for the follow up portion of the measure since the clinician attempted to treat the patient?

            edave Mathematica EC eCQM Team
            m076050 Amanda Fredricksen
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