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Know These Guidelines, Enhance Your Pap Smear Coding Knowledge

Published on Thu May 17, 2018

Risk level key to code choice, test frequency. When both the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend Pap tests for all women between 21 and 65 years old to prevent cervical cancer, you know that the procedure is one of the most important ways your primary care practice can ensure [...]
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