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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 Exeter | 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 Exeter system.
(Last reviewed March 2024)