Wiki Surrogate Pregnancy Billing

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In my 12 years of being in ob/gyn, I have not ever dealt with surrogacy billing. Could someone offer some tips? Do we bill the insurance company or consider the patient as self-pay? Do we use the ICD10 code for pregnancy resulting from assisted reproductive technology and Z33.3 Pregnant state, gestational carrier? Appreciate any feedback
 
In my 12 years of being in ob/gyn, I have not ever dealt with surrogacy billing. Could someone offer some tips? Do we bill the insurance company or consider the patient as self-pay? Do we use the ICD10 code for pregnancy resulting from assisted reproductive technology and Z33.3 Pregnant state, gestational carrier? Appreciate any feedback
All surrogacy pregnancies should have a written agreement in place that spells out who will be responsible for payment for pregnancy care. Without such an agreement, problems will arise. If the surrogate has health insurance that covers pregnancy care without a surrogacy exclusion clause, you can bill her payer for the care. And yes, you would use o09.81_ for the supervision of pregnancy resulting from ART. There is an excludes 2 note regarding Z33.3 which means you can also bill that code if applicable. And of course you would also add the Z3A code for weeks gestation. If the surrogate does not have coverage for this type of pregnancy the agreement should spell out who pays the bills - it could be that you would be sending the request for payment to another party. But keep in mind that sharing of health info with someone other than the patient has to be guarded with permission in writing. So I hope your provider did not simply drop this in your lap. This is not your problem to solve and you need more information to bill correctly.
 
All surrogacy pregnancies should have a written agreement in place that spells out who will be responsible for payment for pregnancy care. Without such an agreement, problems will arise. If the surrogate has health insurance that covers pregnancy care without a surrogacy exclusion clause, you can bill her payer for the care. And yes, you would use o09.81_ for the supervision of pregnancy resulting from ART. There is an excludes 2 note regarding Z33.3 which means you can also bill that code if applicable. And of course you would also add the Z3A code for weeks gestation. If the surrogate does not have coverage for this type of pregnancy the agreement should spell out who pays the bills - it could be that you would be sending the request for payment to another party. But keep in mind that sharing of health info with someone other than the patient has to be guarded with permission in writing. So I hope your provider did not simply drop this in your lap. This is not your problem to solve and you need more information to bill correctly.
Thank you for the helpful information. Since my post, we have not had 4 additional surrogate patients and your advice has been helpful!
 
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