Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

This method keeps your pay coming in when another MD claims the delivery. Still snag payment when your practices ob-gyn provides all the antepartum care while a covering MD performs the delivery by breaking down your practices agreements. You may encounter three types of arrangements, said Glade B. Curtis, MD, MPH, FACOG, CPC, in Preparation for Accreditation at The Coding Institutes Ob-Gyn Coding and Reimbursement conference; how these arrangements work will affect how you code the global ob care. Go With 59400 on Swap Agreement An informal agreement is an Ill cover for you if you cover for me arrangement. No money changes hands, because both providers agree things will even out in time. In this situation, you code the global service (59400, Routine obstetric care including antepartum care, vaginal delivery [with or without episiotomy, and/or forceps] and postpartum care) under the ID of the ob-gyn on the patients record [...]