Wiki screening anal pap-What cpt code

[perkins05]

What cpt code would you use for screening anal pap?

88112 or 88160

Any help is appreciated...

Thanks

 

[kkonkle]

We use code 88160 for anal paps prepared as smears. (88160 Cytopathology, smears, any other source; screening and interpretation)

If a thin prep is prepared, then 88112 would be appropriate. (88112 Cytopathology, selective cellular enhancement technique with interpretation.)

Dennis Padget offers some additional information on this subject in his Pathology Handbook.

 

[perkins05]

Thanks Kathleen!!!

 

[kkonkle]

Glad to help.