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Effective each year on October 1, additions, deletions, and updates to the ICD-10-CM code set are published. This year, no significant changes were made to Chapter 15, the obstetrics chapter. However, there are a few new codes that could affect the practice of Maternal Fetal Medicine. The... Continue Reading

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Steve Rad, MD; Amie Hollard, MD; Betzaida Martinez, CPCP, CPMA, COBGC, CPPM; Vanita Jain, MD MFM subspecialists frequently need to speak with other physicians for patient care coordination and/or are asked by other physicians to... Continue Reading

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Mathew Esposito MD; Steve Rad, MD; Trisha Malisch, CCS-P, CPC; Fadi Bsat, MD; Vanita Jain, MD. The purpose of this coding tip is to provide guidance in coding service for patients with monochorionic diamniotic twins. SMFM has... Continue Reading

Vanita Jain MD & Fadi Bsat MD for the SMFM Coding Committee and the Division of Practice Management In 2020, the AIUM Practice Parameter for the Performance of Detailed Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations Between 12 weeks 0 days and 13 weeks 6 days was developed in collaboration with... Continue Reading

In July 2019, the American Medical Association (AMA) published the “CPT Evaluation and Management (E/M) Office or Other Outpatient (99202-99215) and Prolonged Services (99354, 99355, 99356, 99417) Code and Guideline Changes,” which were put into effect on January 1, 2021. These... Continue Reading

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Steve Rad, MD; David Smith, MBA, CPC; Trisha Malisch, CCS-P, CPC; Fadi Bsat, MD; Vanita Jain, MD Effective January 1, 2021, the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Evaluation and Management (E/M) Office or Other Outpatient... Continue Reading

A vital mission of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine is to provide independent, objective, scientifically based information and recommendations for providers, patients, and payors of high-risk pregnancy care. To ensure that these recommendations are free from bias, special interest, or the... Continue Reading

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) publishes clinical practice guidelines in two types of documents: SMFM Clinical Guidelines, which address topics of particular interest to maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) subspecialists, and the SMFM Consult Series, which consist of more focused... Continue Reading

Approximately 20% of twin pregnancies are monochorionic. The management of monochorionic twin pregnancy involves several additional interventions beyond the routine management of singletons or dichorionic twins. In 2015, the Society for MaternaleFetal Medicine posted checklists for monochorionic/... Continue Reading

When performing a maternal transport between two facilities, numerous pieces of information must be communicated between physicians, nurses, and transport personnel, including the health status of 2 patients (mother and fetus), availability of bed space and personnel in 2 units at the receiving... Continue Reading

Pregnancy in women with pregestational diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2) carries increased risks of both maternal and neonatal complications due to maternal hyperglycemia and underlying chronic conditions and comorbidities. To reduce the risk of pregnancy complications or to mitigate their... Continue Reading