How do you get HPV? Mucosal HPV is spread mainly by direct skin-to-skin contact during vaginal, oral, or anal sexual activity. It’s not spread through blood or body fluids.
A Pap smear every two years offers the best chance of preventing cervical cancer. Read our fact sheet on symptoms, screening and risk.
A Pap test, also called a Pap smear, is primarily used to screen for cervical cancer. Learn when a Pap test is done and what the results of a Pap test might mean.
Follow-up After LSIL Is Detected. If you receive a diagnosis of LSIL, it’s important to follow up with your doctor, as her recommendations on how to manage the results will differ among women depending on their age, history of prior Pap smears…
Encounter for cervical smear to confirm findings of recent normal smear following initial abnormal smear. 2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code Female Dx POA Exempt
Cervical cytology became the standard screening test for cervical cancer and premalignant cervical lesions with the introduction of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear
The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear, cervical smear, or smear test) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb).
Pap smears are being phased out in favour of HPV tests, in a move experts say will improve early detection and save lives. Here’s what you need to know.
Pap tests detect abnormal cervical cells, including precancerous cervical lesions, as well as early cervical cancers. HPV tests detect HPV …
HPV infection, abnormal anal Pap smear, anal dysplasia and anal cancer Abnormal anal pap smears, anal dysplasia and anal cancer are all …