AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 3 (March)

Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery (Q&A) (March 2013)

March 2013 page 13e Surgery: Maternity Care and Delivery Question: When triplets are delivered by Cesarean section (C-section), how should the services be coded if the antepartum and postpartum care is also provided? Should the C-section delivery code be reported more than once? Answer: If multiple babies are delivered by C-section delivery, the appropriate C-section code (59510-59515) would be reported only once because only one delivery was performed. If the C-section is significantly more difficult, then modifier 22, Increased Procedural Services, may be appended to code 59510, Routine obstetric care including antepartum care, cesarean delivery, and postpartum care. To...

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