lizzand3
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Is there a code for a high risk pap smear when a physician is sending in a specimen and the patient is known to have high risk factors?
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Wiki High Risk Pap Smear
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mitchellde
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No you would not give that dx code to a patient that is here for a screening! You use the V code for the screening and the V code(s) for the applicable history of to show the high risk.
Pam Warren
True Blue
795.04 is used (by pathologist) to report that result, it's not a screening code. Use the screening codes as your first listed code as appropriate: V72.31, V76.2, V76.47 and V76.49, then go on and code for the risk: V13.2x list the codes for history of gu conditions, and CMS advises the use of V15.89 for a high risk patient.