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Patient Returning for a Repeat Pap Smear? Zero In on the E/M Visit

Published on Mon Jul 12, 2021

Here’s the diagnosis code you should apply. When a patient returns because her Pap smear results return as 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 E/M and diagnosis coding to receive the [...]
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