cscrog01
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Hi All,
I have a question about a patient that follows-up for a routine pap smear due to insufficient cells on her previous visit. Is there a code for this or how should we bill for the return visit? Is it considered a no charge visit?
Also if a patient is not due for a pap smear but comes in requesting a pap only because a friend of hers was recently diagnosed with cancer and the patient herself has a history of abnormal paps, how would we bill that? The provider attempted to bill this as a 17 minute counseling session (99213) because the majority of the time was spent in counseling with the patient. Would this be something the patient has to just pay out of pocket for? The provider attempted to bill as 99213 with a V72.31, but that rejected. Could he bill a history of abnormal pap code?
Thank you!
I have a question about a patient that follows-up for a routine pap smear due to insufficient cells on her previous visit. Is there a code for this or how should we bill for the return visit? Is it considered a no charge visit?
Also if a patient is not due for a pap smear but comes in requesting a pap only because a friend of hers was recently diagnosed with cancer and the patient herself has a history of abnormal paps, how would we bill that? The provider attempted to bill this as a 17 minute counseling session (99213) because the majority of the time was spent in counseling with the patient. Would this be something the patient has to just pay out of pocket for? The provider attempted to bill as 99213 with a V72.31, but that rejected. Could he bill a history of abnormal pap code?
Thank you!