Screening Pap Smears

80.3 - Screening Pap Smears (Rev. 1, 10-01-03) SNF-541.2 Sections 1861(s)(14) and 1861(nn) of the Act, (as enacted by §6115 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989) provides for coverage of screening pap smears for services provided on or after July 1, 1990. Screening pap smears are laboratory tests consisting of a routine exfoliative cytology test (Papanicolaou test) provided for the purpose of early detection of cervical cancer. It includes a collection of the sample of cells and a physician's interpretation of the test. Payment is made under the clinical diagnostic laboratory fee schedule.