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.