Referring doctors are now expected to indicate the appropriate item number on the request form accompanying the Pap smear. To test compliance with this requirement, we examined 1000 consecutive request forms for cervical smears received in August 1993. We found that 22.7% had no item number ...
PAP testAddresses questions about Medicare. Allowable number of physicians' visits to nursing home patients; Inclusion of venipuncture to the laboratory charge under Medicare; Code to use when filing a benefit claim for ...
It lists payments for several medical services including pap smear and laboratory fee schedule codes for drug testing, immunology, and microbiology. It cites effective sample code for medical services for fee reduction.EBSCO_bspNational Intelligence Report...