EPDS and EPDS-3 Behavioral Assessments with Standardized LOINC Coding

What’s New

• Added EPDS-3 as a Behavioral Assessment in 10G.
• Standardized the existing full EPDS (EPDS-10) using LOINC coding.
• EPDS and EPDS-3 questions are mapped to their applicable LOINC question codes.
• Supported responses are mapped to standardized LOINC Answer (LA) codes.
• Assessment responses use the applicable 0–3 ordinal scoring rules.
• EPDS-3 automatically calculates a total score ranging from 0–9.
• EPDS-3 provides configured score interpretations:
  – 0–2: Below configured possible-depression threshold
  – 3 or greater: Possible depression
  – 6 or greater: Higher probability
• The system derives a configured EPDS-10 equivalent score from the EPDS-3 result.
• The full EPDS assessment is mapped to LOINC 71354-5.
• The full EPDS total score is mapped to LOINC 99046-5.
• Completed assessments retain structured responses, answer codes, calculated scores, and interpretations.
• Free-text and uncoded responses are not supported for EPDS or EPDS-3.

How It Works 

• Open the applicable Behavioral Assessment workflow.
• Select EPDS or EPDS-3.
• Complete the assessment using the available standardized answer options.
• The system applies the configured ordinal scoring rules to the selected responses.
• For EPDS-3, the system calculates a total score between 0 and 9 and displays the applicable interpretation.
• The configured EPDS-10 equivalent score is also derived from the EPDS-3 result.
• Save the assessment to retain the structured question responses, LOINC Answer codes, calculated score, and interpretation.

Benefits

• Provides standardized EPDS and EPDS-3 depression screening within CureMD.
• Eliminates manual scoring by automatically calculating assessment results.
• Provides configured interpretation of EPDS-3 scores to support clinical review.
• Uses standardized LOINC question and answer coding for structured data capture.
• Improves consistency of assessment information across reporting and interoperability workflows.
• Makes structured assessment results available to applicable downstream workflows.
• Reduces reliance on free-text responses through standardized coded selections.