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The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine is pleased to announce this year’s awards presented at the SMFM 2026 Pregnancy Meeting™ in Las Vegas, NV. Continue Reading
Coding Tip: Billing and Documentation for Fetal Nonstress Tests (NSTs) The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Trisha Malisch, CCS-P, CPC, COBGC; Robert Rossi, MD; Barbra Fisher, MD, PhD Introduction Fetal nonstress tests (NSTs) are one of the most frequently used... Continue Reading
By: Britton D. Rink, MD, MS, and Barton C. Staat, MD The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) recently released updated guidelines to help doctors and patients use cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screening more wisely. cfDNA screening is a blood test used during pregnancy to check for certain fetal... Continue Reading
Download PDF Authors: The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee; Stephen Bacak, DO, MPH, FACOG; Erin Kornovich CPC; Steve Rad, MD, FACOG. Effective October 1, 2022, the code category 035 Maternal care for known or suspected fetal abnormality and damage were expanded in the... Continue Reading
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
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Coding Committee: Vanita Jain, MD; Amie Hollard, MD; Steve Rad MD; Trish Malisch, CCS-P, CPC; Fadi Bsat, MD. Testing for chromosome abnormalities should be an informed patient choice, based on information from a medical provider accounting for the... Continue Reading
Brar B, Iriye B, and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Practice Management & Coding Committees The Problem Over the last four decades, twin pregnancies have increased from 18.9 per 1,000 births in 1980 to 32.6 per 1,000 births in 2018. (1) With this increase in incidence... 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
A vanishing twin (or fetal resorption) is a fetus in a multi-gestation that fails to develop or dies in utero and is then partially or completely resorbed. Fetal numbering is most commonly determined by ultrasound. The baby positioned lowest in the uterus is usually given the designation of... Continue Reading
Twin gestations may deliver on the same day or there may be a time interval between the delivery of the first and second twins. Which ICD-10 to associate with the delivery will depend on whether the twins are delivered on the same day or on separate days, and whether they are both born alive or if... Continue Reading
Twin to twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is one of the most challenging clinical problems in monochorionic multifetal gestations with mortality rates as high as 80% if left untreated. Fetoscopic laser photocoagulation is described as the preferred method of treatment for select or severe cases of... Continue Reading
