What is a PHQ-2 assessment?

What is a PHQ-2 assessment?

The Patient Health Questionnaire 2-item (PHQ-2) is a brief screening tool for major depression. The PHQ-2 consists of the first two questions of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), which target core symptoms of depression (depressed mood and anhedonia).

Is PHQ-2 free?

Ideally, this pathway is then embedded into the electronic health record as part of the standard care delivery process. Patients receiving intervention should be provided with regular follow up and tracked for improvement in their PHQ 9 score.

What are the questions on the PHQ-9?

Little interest or pleasure in doing things?

Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?

Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?

Feeling tired or having little energy?

Poor appetite or overeating?

Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?

Can you bill for PHQ-2?

PHQ-2 may not be billed. Substance use assessment Annually beginning at 11 years of age; use of brief screening tool is recommended. only when a standardized screening tool is used and results documented. may be billed only when a standardized screening tool is used and results documented.

How do you interpret PHQ-2?

Interpretation: A PHQ-2 score ranges from 0-6. The authors identified a score of 3 as the optimal cutpoint when using the PHQ-2 to screen for depression. If the score is 3 or greater, major depressive disorder is likely.

What is considered a positive PHQ-2?

For the PHQ-2 a score of 2 or higher detected more cases of depression than a score of 3 or higher. For the PHQ-9 a score of 10 or higher detected more cases of major depression than the PHQ determination of major depression originally described by Spitzer et al in 1999.

How do you cite PHQ-9?

The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16(9): 606-613. Kroenke, K. & Spitzer, R.L. (2002).

What is considered a positive Phq 2 score?

As an example, on Table 2▶, a PHQ-2 score of 2 or higher has a sensitivity of 0.86, meaning that 86% of those with a major depression will be found to be positive on the PHQ-2 screening test.

What is considered a positive Phq-2?

What is considered a positive Phq-2 score?

How many times can CPT 96127 be billed?

Most insurances allow you to bill CPT code 96127 up to 4 times per year, up to 2 units per visit.

Can 96110 be billed twice?

The frequency limit for billing general developmental screening for ages 0 to 5: Twice per year, any provider. Use CPT code 96110 without modifier KX.