Z12.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Z12.4 became effective on October 1, 2020. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z12.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z12.4 may differ.
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The ICD-10-CM is a catalog of diagnosis codes used by medical professionals for medical coding and reporting in health care settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates.
Vaginal Pap test (Z12. 72) Pap test other genitourinary sites (Z12. 79)
Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri. R87. 619 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
R87. 619 - Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri | ICD-10-CM.
ICD-10 code Z12. 4 for Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of cervix is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
When the provider repeats a Pap smear because of an inadequate sample or abnormal results, you'll report a code from R87. 61- Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri.
For a screening Pap smear alone, use V76. 2 (routine cervical Pap smear). The second and third Pap smears should be billed the same as they are to Medicare, with the evaluation/management code linked to the diagnosis code that substantiates medical necessity.
Definition: AGUS stands for atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance. Breaking it down, an AGUS pap smear tells us there is an abnormality (atypical) in the cells that make mucus (glandular cells) but we are not sure if it means anything (undetermined significance).
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N87. 1: Moderate cervical dysplasia.
ICD-10 code Z01. 419 for Encounter for gynecological examination (general) (routine) without abnormal findings is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
A screening colonoscopy should be reported with the following International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10) codes: Z12. 11: Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of the colon.
411, Encounter for gynecological examination (general) (routine) with abnormal findings, or Z01. 419, Encounter for gynecological examination (general) (routine) without abnormal findings, may be used as the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for the annual exam performed by an obstetrician–gynecologist.
Group 1CodeDescriptionZ11.51*Encounter for screening for human papillomavirus (HPV)
ICD-10 states R87.615 is appropriate for “inadequate sample of cytologic smear of cervix.”
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia I [CIN I] (N87.0)