Which assessment item would document the patient's mood-related severity score?

• A. M1740 Identifies cognitive, behavioral, and psychiatric symptoms.
• B. D0160 Calculates total severity score from mood interview.
• C. M1100 Describes patient's living situation.
• D. M1860 Evaluates ambulation capabilities.

Answer: (B)

Understanding how mood findings are documented: the item that records a mood-related severity score is the one that calculates the total severity score from the mood interview. This item takes the information gathered during the mood interview—such as emotional distress, energy, sleep, and interest—and converts it into a numeric severity score that reflects how severe the mood symptoms are. This numeric score is what clinicians use to gauge depression severity and track changes over time. The other items either identify symptoms without quantifying severity, describe living situation, or assess functional abilities like ambulation, which do not capture a mood severity score.