Coding Quiz:
Mind Medicare G's and Q's When Coding 4 Pap Smear Scenarios
Published on Mon Aug 17, 2009
Watch out: Reporting +88141 could be a big mistake for your practice. If you can't remember Medicare's frequency guidelines for low-risk Pap screenings, then you may not be getting your money's worth out of coding articles. Assess what you know and enhance your expertise by taking this Pap smear coding quiz. Read These 4 Scenarios Read the following scenarios and decide which codes you would report. Then look below for the possible options, but be forewarned: you may encounter trick questions. 1. A low-risk non-Medicare patient returns to the obgyn upon receiving a finding of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) after her last visit. The ob-gyn performs another Pap smear. 2. A low-risk Medicare patient arrives at your office and undergoes an annual Pap smear and pelvic and breast exam. 3. Even though a patient (non-Medicare) does not complain of any problem, the ob-gyn performs a Pap smear [...]
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