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Focus In on E/M Visit for Patient Returning for a Repeat Pap Smear

Published on Tue Sep 12, 2023

Highlight this diagnosis code. When a patient returns because the Pap smear results are determined to be abnormal or display insufficient cells, you know the ob-gyn is going to perform a repeat smear — but do you know how to report this? The truth is that you need to rely on precise evaluation and management (E/M) and diagnosis coding to [...]
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