Oh my goodness...I've been trying to figure out this whole thing regarding getting paid for paps. I do lots of them and I'm to the point of not doing them anymore - the visits get denied left and right.
What's really ironic...is women over the age of 40 are the visits that get denied most often! And guess what? That's where I find the most pathology (non-cervical)! I'm not talking medicare here either - in which women can't have annual exams unless they are high risk.
If we have a coding expert on pap's here, I wish they'd speak up and tell me how to get them paid, what codes are used and when, etc. I'm sure I won't be the only one forever grateful!
Tired of getting tricked and no treats!
