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Ob/gyns working with data scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have developed an algorithm that can help predict which patients are at an increased risk for severe morbidity from bleeding after delivery. The artificial intelligence (AI) model uses data that clinicians... Continue Reading
Novel Device Offers Care Teams Another Way to Manage this Potentially Life-threatening Condition San Francisco, Calif. ― Postpartum hemorrhage — severe bleeding after childbirth — is a leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide. There have been few innovations in treatment in recent... Continue Reading
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) book divides the codes for pelvic ultrasound services into two categories: Obstetrical (76801-76828) and Nonobstetrical (76830-76857). However, how does one know which category to use? An appropriate obstetrical ultrasound code should be selected... Continue Reading
A uterine artery ligation with a B-Lynch suture is not typically a billable service during C-section because hemostasis is part of any surgical procedure. If the work associated with securing hemostasis was very complicated and substantially greater than typically required, some payers may accept... Continue Reading
