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Append This Modifier for Repeat Pap Smears

Published on Mon Jul 04, 2022

Question: A high-risk Medicare patient came in for her annual wellness visit at our ob-gyn practice. The physician did a Pap smear, and the office reported G0101 with Q0091. He ordered a repeat Pap six months later, due to insufficient cells. The patient came back to have the repeat Pap, but she did complain at the visit that she had urinary [...]
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