I work for a Family Care Clinic, and my team and I have a question about coding abnormal paps: For exaple
Pt came in on 01/09/2009 to get a pap done (this is not a PX). The physicain put "abnormal pap" down for a DX. The pt's pap results came back normal, but thier pap from the previous year (01/04/2008) came back abnormal.
Now, how would we code this? Can we use the 795.0X for the visit becasue the pap was abnormal before? Or since on that visit the pap was normal, we would have to use a screening code?
Please help!!!
Thanks- Jessica
Pt came in on 01/09/2009 to get a pap done (this is not a PX). The physicain put "abnormal pap" down for a DX. The pt's pap results came back normal, but thier pap from the previous year (01/04/2008) came back abnormal.
Now, how would we code this? Can we use the 795.0X for the visit becasue the pap was abnormal before? Or since on that visit the pap was normal, we would have to use a screening code?
Please help!!!
Thanks- Jessica