Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04), Ch. 18 § 30.7
TOB and Revenue Codes for Form CMS-1450
30.7 - TOB and Revenue Codes for Form CMS-1450
(Rev. 3460, Issued: 02-05-16, Effective: 07-09-16, Implementation: 03-07-16 - for non-shared
MAC edits; 07-05-16 - CWF analysis and design; 10-03-16 - CWF Coding, Testing and
Implementation, MCS, and FISS Implementation; 01-03-17 - Requirement BR9434.04.8.2)
The applicable bill types for screening Pap smears are 12X, 13X, 14X, 22X, 23X, and 85X. Use
revenue code 0311 (laboratory, pathology, cytology). Report the screening pap smear as a
diagnostic clinical laboratory service using one of the HCPCS codes shown in §30.5.B.
In addition, CAHs electing method II report professional services under revenue codes 096X,
097X, or 098X.
Effective April 1, 2006, TOB 14X is for non-patient laboratory specimens.
HPV Screening: Effective for claims with dates of service on and after July 9, 2015, HCPCS
G0476, Cervical cancer screening, all-inclusive HPV co-test with cytology (Pap smear) to detect
HPV DNA or RNA sequences, shall be paid only on TOBs 12X, 13X, 14X, 22X, 23X, and 85X.