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Washington, DC—The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) has received a multiyear award totaling more than $1.3 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to build capacity and collaboration among maternal health professional organizations and to improve care... Continue Reading
Washington, DC – The Society for Maternal-Fetal (SMFM) released the following statement in response to the published results of “Treatment for Mild Chronic Hypertension during Pregnancy,” in the New England Journal of Medicine. “SMFM has supported the 2019 guidelines from... Continue Reading
Washington, DC ― Research has shown that an unhealthy diet during pregnancy can have long-term effects on a child’s health. Now, in a new study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, which is being held... Continue Reading
In ICD-10 trimester-based coding is utilized to identify the trimester during the encounter. Instructions about obstetric trimester-based billing is found in Chapter 15. The CMS and the NCHS (within the US Federal Government’s DHHS) provides these instructions in their ICD-10 CM manual. ... Continue Reading
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Steve Rad, MD; Trisha Malisch, CCS-P, CPC; Brian Iriye MD; Irina Rubina, CPC; Vanita Jain, MD. PURPOSE: Updated information and new coding guidance regarding remote patient monitoring (RPM) In the era of the current COVID-19... Continue Reading
Frequently, patient documentation will state, “Patient has a history of _______.” However, in ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding for pregnancy, the code selection is completely different if the patient’s condition is in the current pregnancy, or if it pre-dated the current pregnancy.... Continue Reading
One challenge for ICD-10-CM code selection for MFM is the presentation of symptoms or conditions for which a precise diagnosis code doesn’t exist. ICD-10-CM offers several categories and subcategories from which to choose. They are: O09.89- Supervision of other high risk... Continue Reading
Telemedicine is the delivery of medical care or services from a distant site. Telemedicine provides two-way, communication between a patient and healthcare provider at a distant site. The communication is supported by audio and video equipment that allows a physician at the main hospital/office to... Continue Reading
Gestational Diabetes ICD-10 Codes: New codes have been added to indicate when gestational diabetes (diabetes that starts during pregnancy) is controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs, during pregnancy, childbirth or in the puerperium: O24.415 Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, controlled... Continue Reading
In many cases, MFM providers may only be involved in the management of a pregnant patient but do not perform the actual delivery. Typically, the delivery codes that are used to submit a claim after delivery include complete global services (Admission, delivery management, postpartum care, and... Continue Reading
Certain MFM providers may only bill fee for service in the management of a pregnant patient but do not do the actual delivery. Typically, all delivery codes include global services upon delivery (Admission, delivery management, postpartum care, and discharge). When this occurs, unbundling then... Continue Reading
Nationwide, there are MFM providers who only bill fee for service in the management of a pregnant patient including delivery planning but do not actually deliver. Unfortunately, all delivery codes include global services upon delivery (Admission, delivery management and the discharge). When this... Continue Reading
