<s>
Cervicography	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
diagnostic	O
medical	O
procedure	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
non-physician	O
takes	O
pictures	O
of	O
the	O
cervix	O
and	O
submits	O
them	O
to	O
a	O
physician	O
for	O
interpretation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
colposcopy	O
,	O
cervicography	B-Algorithm
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
current	O
CPT/HCPCS	O
code	O
and	O
typically	O
is	O
not	O
covered	O
by	O
most	O
medical	O
insurance	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Cervicography	B-Algorithm
was	O
given	O
a	O
Category	O
III	O
CPT	O
code	O
of	O
0003T	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Cervicography	B-Algorithm
is	O
no	O
more	O
sensitive	O
than	O
Pap	O
smear	O
screening	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
higher	O
false	O
positive	O
rate	O
(	O
thus	O
increasing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
colposcopies	O
needed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whether	O
cervicography	B-Algorithm
could	O
have	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
countries	O
where	O
Pap	O
smear	O
screening	O
programs	O
are	O
not	O
in	O
place	O
depends	O
on	O
cost	O
effectiveness	O
and	O
remained	O
to	O
be	O
determined	O
as	O
of	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2005	O
study	O
found	O
the	O
sensitivity	O
and	O
specificity	O
of	O
cervicography	B-Algorithm
for	O
cervical	O
intraepithelial	O
neoplasia	O
to	O
be	O
72.3	O
%	O
and	O
93.2	O
%	O
respectively	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
a	O
2007	O
study	O
criticized	O
the	O
sensitivity	O
figure	O
as	O
"	O
likely	O
...	O
inflated	O
"	O
because	O
the	O
"	O
gold	O
standard	O
"	O
of	O
colposcopy/biopsy	O
may	O
have	O
missed	O
cases	O
of	O
cervical	O
intraepithelial	O
neoplasia	O
.	O
</s>
