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tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 21
Reader Questions: Consider Your Options for Abnormal Pap Smear
Question: In a patient who had an abnormal Pap smear, a cervical biopsy was done. Is there a definitive code for the cervical biopsy? There are however, several diagnosis codes to report the dysplastic changes. Can we submit one of the dysplasia codes? Is it advisable to wait until the results of the biopsy?
Answer: You needn’t wait until you receive the results of the cervical biopsy to report the reason for the biopsy.
For biopsy of the cervix, assuming that your physician did a colposcopy to obtain a biopsy specimen, you submit code 57455 (Colposcopy of...
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