Swimmerâs itch comes from a microscopic flatworm parasite (schisosome cercariae) that lives as an adult in aquatic birds or mammals, usually waterfowl. in search of an intermediate host, one of four species of snail that inhabit shallow waters in Minnesota.
88164; HCPCS: P3000. Pap results requiring physician interpretation will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code(s): 88141; HCPCS: P3001). If concurrent testing for HPV is desired then, a separately obtained swab must be obtained and separately ordered. HPV Reflex testing is not available with Conventional Pap Smear orders.
THE PAP SPECIMEN. The Pap smear is one of the most successful laboratory test developed in the last fifty years. The noninvasive nature, the simplicity of the smear plus low cost is the key to its success. Annual Pap smears have reduced the chances of developing invasive cervical carcinoma by 95% and have reduced the cervical cancer mortality rate by 70 % since it was introduced in the United States in the 1940âs.