Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
Table 1:
Medicare Pap Screening Codes and CPT Crosswalk
Published on Mon Jun 22, 2009
The following table shows Medicare technical screening Pap codes and lists the corresponding CPT code that you might use for non-Medicare payers. * Although the code definitions are not identical, this column lists the CPT code that corresponds to the HCPCS Level II code in terms of lab method and screening/rescreening and manual/automated options.
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