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Test Code Pap Smear Pap Smear

Additional Codes

Epic EAP
LAB4638 Pap Smear 

Specimen Requirements

Collection Information: 

 

Stability

Ambient

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

CPT

Varies

Performance

Testing Laboratory: 

Pathology Laboratory

 

Laboratory Section: 

Cytology

Interpretive Data

The PAP test is a screening test for cervical cancer with inherent false-negative results.  A negative PAP smear result does not preclude the presence of carcinoma or intraepithelial lesion.