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Term Description

The PHQ-9 is the standard (and most commonly used) depression measure, and it ranges from 0-27 Scoring: Add up all checked boxes on PHQ-9. For every check: Not at all = 0; Several days = 1; More than half the days = 2; Nearly every day = 3 (the scores are the codes that appear in the answer list for each of the PHQ-9 problem panel terms). Interpretation: 1-4 = Minimal depression; 5-9 = Mild depression; 10-14 = Moderate depression; 15-19 = Moderately severe depression; 20-27 = Severed depression.

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Patient health questionnaire 9 item total score:Score:Pt:^Patient:Qn:Reported.PHQ
Long Common Name
Patient Health Questionnaire 9 item (PHQ-9) total score [Reported]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Patient health questionnaire 9 item total score
    LP75381-1
    • Analyte
      Patient health questionnaire 9 item total score
      LP75381-1
      • Component Numerator
        Patient health questionnaire 9 item total score
        LP75381-1
        • Component Numerator Core
          Patient health questionnaire 9 item total score
          LP75381-1
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Score
    LP185820-0
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Qn
    LP7753-9
  • Method
    Reported.PHQ
    LP146029-6

Survey Question

PHQ-9.9

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.PHQ
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.17
Last Updated
Version 2.73 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Observation
Common Test Rank Get Info
7559

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
79544-3HEDIS 2016 Value Sets
82955-6HEDIS 2017 Value Sets
87625-0HEDIS 2018 Value Sets
69729-2Patient Health Questionnaire - Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms (PHQ-SADS) [Reported]
44249-1PHQ-9 quick depression assessment panel [Reported.PHQ]

Example Units

UnitSource
{score}Example UCUM Units

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=44261-6