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Does a Pap test or colposcopy count as evidence of a pelvic exam for a prenatal and postpartum care visit?

April 26, 2017colposcopy exam Pap pelvic postpartum prenatal Test

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Does a Pap test or colposcopy count as evidence of a pelvic exam for a prenatal and postpartum care visit?

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Resolution: A Pap test alone does not count as a prenatal care visit for the administrative and hybrid specification of the timeliness of prenatal care indicator. These procedures do not constitute a pelvic exam with obstetric observations, and are not included as appropriate codes. For the postpartum care indicator, a Pap test counts as numerator compliant. A colposcopy alone is not considered numerator compliant for either indicator in the PPC measure.