Screening for Depression

Anyone know what is required of this code. Has anyone been paid for it by Medicare?

re: Screening for Depression

From AAFP:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) does not recommend a specific depression screening tool. Instead, CMS states that you “may select from various available standardized screening tests designed for this purpose.”1

Many standardized depression screening tools are too cumbersome to use in a short office visit. One quick technique recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) involves asking two questions: “Over the past two weeks, have you felt down, depressed or hopeless?” and “Over the past two weeks, have you felt little interest or pleasure in doing things?” An affirmative answer to either may be as effective as more detailed instruments in identifying a patient who needs further evaluation for depression.