V79.0 - Screening For Depression

The ICD 9 Code for Screening for depression is listed as V79.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	V79.0
Long Description:	Screening for depression
Short Description:	Screening for depression

Chapter:	Supplementary Classification Of Factors Influencing Health Status And Contact With Health Services
Block:	Persons Without Reported Diagnosis Encountered During Examination And Investigation Of Individuals And Populations (V70-V82)
Related Descriptions:	Negative screening for depression on Patient Health Questionnaire 9 Positive screening for depression on Patient Health Questionnaire 9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	Z13.89 - Encounter for screening for other disorder (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of V79.0:
V79.1 - Screening for alcoholism
V79.2 - Special screening for intellectual disabilities
V79.3 - Screening for developmental handicaps in early childhood
V79.8 - Screening for other specified mental disorders and developmental handicaps
V79.9 - Screening for unspecified mental disorder and developmental handicap