noell426
Contributor
I work for a family practice and we have never billed for the actually collection of pap smear specimens. Our office is CLIA waived and sends the specimens to an outside lab for interpretation. I am assuming that there is a code for just the collection because Medicare states they will pay 80% of allowable for both the collection and the lab interpretations. If anyone is billing for the collection seperately from the actual physical, I would really appreciate some advice on how to do this. I know there is a HCPCS code of Q0091 for the collection, but could not locate any coverage guidelines on Medicare's website. Thanks for any help you may be able to provide!
Noell, CPC
Noell, CPC