Mental health conditions can be hard to identify. Even more so among certain patient groups. Using depression screeners can help you provide your patients with the support they need.
Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions in the U.S.
In primary care, 10 to 14 percent of patients have major depressive disorder.* As many as 50 percent of these patients go undetected.*
Some groups experience poorer mental health outcomes.* This includes racial and ethnic minorities, those over age 75 and LGBTQ+ people.
Risks can increase during pregnancy. Those with untreated depression have a 50 percent higher risk of preterm labor.* And 92 percent developed postpartum depression* compared to those who received treatment.
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Every person is different. These public, culturally relevant screeners can help you tailor support to each patient’s unique needs.
Patients fill out these short surveys to help providers assess and treat depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions.
A general tool to screen for mood and panic disorders.
A comprehensive tool to screen for depression.
Asks patients seven questions from the Duke Health Profile to help detect anxiety and depression symptoms.
Uses a three-minute test to check for common symptoms of anxiety, depression, bipolar and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Asks patients 20 questions about their depression symptoms over the past seven days.
Measures depression from the patient’s point of view. Available for patients 18 and older, pediatric self-report (ages 8 to 17) and parents on behalf of children (ages 5 to 17).
Asks 30 simple “yes” or “no” questions to check in on sleep, focus, memory and other symptoms.
Helps health care professionals identify mothers who may have postpartum depression.
You can get reimbursed for using depression screeners. Be sure to use these codes, along with Z13.31 and Z13.32, to get timely payment for your claim.
For administering and scoring standardized tools such as the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7). Commercial payers often use this code to bill for the screening service itself.
For administering caregiver-focused health-risk assessments, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument.
For annual depression screening for Medicare patients.
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Blackstone SR, Sebring AN, Allen C, et al. National Library of Medicine. Improving Depression Screening in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative. January 25, 2022. Accessed May 20, 2025.
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Blackstone SR, Sebring AN, Allen C, et al. National Library of Medicine. Improving Depression Screening in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative. January 25, 2022. Accessed May 20, 2025.
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National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Health Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic. March 2022. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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Amaru A, Orlinsky A, Kim R, et al. Maternal and Neonatal Risks of Untreated Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy. April 2025. Accessed June 13, 2025.
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Amaru A, Orlinsky A, Kim R, et al. Maternal and Neonatal Risks of Untreated Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy. April 2025. Accessed June 13, 2025.
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