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The laboratory provides cervical screening results to approximately 1200 primary care and hospital clinic locations who receive their results electronically. The result is sent to a nominated destination within the practice/clinic to ensure all reports are seen and actioned. Read codes for recording the result on GP clinical systems are as follows:

Cervical screening report terminology Result code on  CSMS Read code
Inadequate/High-risk Human Papillomavirus (HR-HPV) Unreliable 1 4K21
Negative 2/N 4K22
Borderline change in squamous cells 8/B 4K290
Borderline change in endocervical cells 9/E 4K291
Low-grade dyskaryosis 3/M 4K2J
High-grade dyskaryosis (moderate) 7 4K2K
High-grade dyskaryosis (severe) 4 4K2L
High-grade dyskaryosis? Invasive squamous carcinoma 5 4K2M
? Glandular neoplasia of endocervical type 6 4K2N
? Glandular neoplasia (non-cervical) 0/G 4K2P
High-risk Human Papillomavirus (HR-HPV) not detected X 4K3E

The Cervical Screening Administration Service (CSAS) receive an electronic copy of the report to update the woman’s cervical screening history on the Cervical Screening Management System.

(Last reviewed February 2025)