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New Study Finds Roughly 1 in 10 Pregnant People Will Develop Long COVID

National Harbor, MD. ― While there is a growing body of research about the long-term effects of COVID in the general adult population, little research has been done on the long-term impacts on those who get COVID while pregnant.In a new study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal... Continue Reading

Study Finds Antibiotic is a Cost-Saving Treatment for Reducing Maternal Sepsis, Death, in Developing

National Harbor, MD. ― Sepsis, a severe infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death, isone of the top three causes of maternal deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Thelife-threatening emergency is largely preventable with early diagnosis and... Continue Reading

Single Dose of Antibiotic Given During Labor Significantly Reduced Risk of Maternal Death or Sepsis

San Francisco, Calif. ― Sepsis — a severe infection in the body that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death — is among the top causes of maternal deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is a life-threatening emergency that is largely... Continue Reading

Updated ICD-10 Indications for The Performance Of A Fetal Echocardiogram

In the November 2021 issue of the American Journal of Perinatology, ICD-10 indications for Fetal Echocardiogram and Detailed First Trimester Obstetric Ultrasound were published. The abstract was authored by the SMFM Coding Committee and is based on indications published by AIUM and other national... Continue Reading

Obstetric Care Professionals Urge: The Time for Influenza Vaccination is Now

Flu season is here, and many parts of the country are already seeing unprecedented levels of influenza-like illness and confirmed influenza infection. That is why, collectively, the American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Nurse-Midwives; American College of Obstetricians and... Continue Reading

Severity of COVID-19 Does Not Differ According to Trimester

Washington, DC ― Research shows that pregnant people who contract COVID-19 are at increased risk of severe complications, including hospitalization, ventilation, and death, compared to pregnant people without COVID-19. However, little is known about how the timing of COVID-19 infection during... Continue Reading

Updated Interim ICD-10-CM Coding Guidance: Recommended Coding for COVID-19 and pregnancy

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Steve Rad, MD; Trisha Malisch, CCS-P, CPC, Vanita Jain, MD The SMFM Coding Committee previously published interim coding guidance for encounters related to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for maternal-fetal medicine... Continue Reading

Interim ICD-10-CM Coding Guidance: Recommended Coding for COVID-19 and pregnancy

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Trisha Malisch, CCS-P, CPC; Steve Rad, MD; Vanita Jain, MD The purpose of this document is to provide interim diagnosis coding guidance for encounters related to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for maternal-fetal medicine... Continue Reading

NEW ICD-10-CM Codes for 2019

Previous Code E78.4 Other hyperlipidemia New Code(s) E78.41 Elevated lipoprotein(a) E78.49 Other hyperlipidemia Previous Code F53 Puerperal psychosis New Code(s) F53.0 Postpartum depression F53.1 Puerperal psychosis Previously, there was no code for postpartum... Continue Reading

Diagnosis Code Selection

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