Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for pap smear screening includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Pap Smear Screening
Use ICD-10 code Z12.4 for encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of cervix, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Screening Papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory
Use for Medicare patients to bill for the collection of the Pap smear.
The ICD-10 code for Pap smear screening is Z12.4, used for routine cervical cancer screening in asymptomatic women.
Use R87.610 for Pap smear results indicating atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US).