Top Telehealth Diagnoses – Mental Health is #1

In this recent report from Definitive Healthcare, the top telehealth diagnoses for 2020 and year to date 2021 are provided. Some conditions are more suited to telehealth diagnosis, and 80% of primary health care visits do not require the practitioner and the patient to be in same physical space. Five of the top 8 conditions are related to mental health. Here they are:

2020

  1. Generalized anxiety disorder
  2. Essential (primary) hypertension
  3. Anxiety disorder, unspecified
  4. Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate
  5. Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
  6. Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
  7. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type
  8. Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified

2021

  1. Generalized anxiety disorder
  2. Essential (primary) hypertension
  3. Major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate
  4. Anxiety disorder, unspecified
  5. Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
  6. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type
  7. Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
  8. Hyperlipidemia, unspecified

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