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American Rescue Plan offers new option for states to extend Medicaid and CHIP coverage to 12 months after pregnancy. Pregnant and postpartum people may now be guaranteed Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for 12 months after pregnancy instead of the current two months of coverage. Beginning April 1, 2022, the American Rescue […]
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Is the treatment for the postpartum hemorrhage included in the vaginal delivery or should that be billed separately? Which leads me to the only CPT I can find for postpartum hemorrhage is 59160 but curettage was not done.
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Kam
Is the treatment for the postpartum hemorrhage included in the vaginal delivery or should that be billed separately? Which leads me to the only CPT I can find for postpartum hemorrhage is 59160 but curettage was not done.
TIA
Kam
Assessment/final dx: patient is 12 days postpartum with hydronephrosis and renal calculus
The ICD-10 guidelines state: a postpartum complication is any complication occurring within the six-week period. It doesnt specifically state pregnancy-related complication.
Would you code this as O99.89 & N13.2? Should coders always use the O code series when the patient is in the postpartum period?
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:confused:Erika Espinoza CPC, COBGC
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