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Take a sneak peak at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are:  

4:33 A randomized controlled trial to compare the live birth rate of the first frozen embryo transfer following the progestin-primed ovarian stimulation protocol vs. the antagonist protocol in women with an anticipated high ovarian response

20:24 Improved fertilization, degeneration, and embryo quality rates with PIEZO–intracytoplasmic sperm injection compared with conventional intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a sibling oocyte split multicenter trial

31:15 A comparison of pregnancy outcomes and congenital malformations in offspring between patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection and conventional in vitro fertilization: a retrospective cohort study

37:05 A follicular volume of >0.56 cm3 at trigger is the cutoff to predict oocyte maturity: a starting point for novel volume-based triggering criteria

47:35 Midluteal serum estradiol levels are associated with live birth rates in hormone replacement therapy frozen embryo transfer cycles: a cohort study

57:10 First pregnancy and live birth from ex vivo-retrieved metaphase II oocytes from a woman with bilateral ovarian carcinoma: a case report

1:00:56 Associations between race and ethnicity and perioperative outcomes among women undergoing hysterectomy for adenomyosis

View Fertility and Sterility June 2024, Volume 121, Issue 6: https://www.fertstert.org/issue/S0015-0282(24)X0005-9

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Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: August 2024

Stay informed with Fertility and Sterility On Air, discussing the latest research on reproductive medicine, obesity, Turner syndrome, and cutting-edge fertility treatments.
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - Live from ESHRE 2024: Part 1

Discover the impact of embryo expansion post-biopsy and freezing time standardization on live births in this episode from ESHRE 2024. 
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - Live from ESHRE 2024: Part 2

Explore fresh embryo transfers, progesterone elevation, and day-seven embryo utility from experts at ESHRE 2024. Cutting-edge fertility insights await!
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - ANZSREI 2024 Journal Club Global: "Should Unexplained infertility Go Straight to IVF?"

Join "Fertility and Sterility On Air" for insights from the ANXSREI conference on unexplained infertility, IVF, and expert debates. Listen now at ASRM.org.

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Topic Resources

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How to bill for an FET

Is there a new update to the 89272 code that allows its use without View the Answer
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: August 2024

Stay informed with Fertility and Sterility On Air, discussing the latest research on reproductive medicine, obesity, Turner syndrome, and cutting-edge fertility treatments. Listen to the Episode
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Billing Physician vs Service Physician

What physician’s name must be on the treatment notes and who we are permitted to bill to insurance for:   View the Answer
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Journal Club Global: SREI Fellows Retreat - Fellows vs Faculty Debate: Luteal Support in Programmed FET Cycles

Fertility and Sterility Journal Club debate on progesterone administration in frozen embryo transfers, featuring faculty vs fellows discussing IM vs vaginal routes. View the Video
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - Live from ESHRE 2024: Part 2

Explore fresh embryo transfers, progesterone elevation, and day-seven embryo utility from experts at ESHRE 2024. Cutting-edge fertility insights await! Listen to the Episode
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Who to bill for gestational carrier services if intended parents have insurance?

I wanted to inquire about guidelines for billing services to a surrogate’s insurance company if intended parents purchased the insurance coverage.  View the Answer
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: June 2024

Covering articles on embryo transfer, PIEZO-ICSI, pregnancy outcomes, oocyte maturity, estradiol levels, and ovarian carcinoma and more! Listen to the Episode
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: May 2024

Topics this month include Iatrogenic and demographic determinants of the national plural birth increase, outcomes between ICSI and IVF with PGT-A. Listen to the Episode
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Coding for an endometrial biopsy/Mock cycle

We had patients request us to bill their insurance for the two monitoring visits and the Endo BX and change the diagnosis code to something that is payable.  View the Answer
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IVF-assisted pregnancies constitute 2.5% of all births in 2022

In 2022, the number of babies born from IVF increased from 89,208 in 2021 to 91,771 in 2022. This means that 2.5% of births in the US are a result of ART.

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Journal Club Global - Actualización en la suplementación con progesterona en fase lútea para transferencias de embriones congelados

Efectividad del rescate de progesterona en mujeres que presentan niveles bajos de progesterona circulante alrededor del día de la transferencia de embriones View the Video
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Journal Club Global: Transferencia de embriones frescos versus congelados: ¿Cuál es la mejor opción

Los resultados de nuevas técnicas de investigación clínica que utilizan información de bancos nacionales de vigilancia médica.   View the Video
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CPT 89253 and 89254 for Assisted hatching

Can I bill CPT codes 89253 and 89254 together? If yes, do I need a modifier on any of the codes? View the Answer
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US Embryo Transfer

At the meeting, we learned about the CPT code 76705-Ultasound guidance for embryo transfer, can this code be billed with CPT code 76942? View the Answer
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US Embryo Transfer in Surgery Center

Can we use code 76998 for the ultrasound guidance as this patient is being seen in the Surgery Center? View the Answer
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US Embryo Transfer-Transmyometrial

How would you code for an ultrasound- guided transvaginal-transmyometrial test transfer of embryo catheter? View the Answer
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Uterine Sounding

Is there any specific CPT code(s) for uterine sounding? (Referring to cannulating the cervix and “sounding” or measuring the uterine height)  View the Answer
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Trial Transfer

Can you advise the proper coding process for a trial transfer? View the Answer
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IVF Lab vs Physician Practice Billing

We are planning to open an IVF lab that is not contracted with insurance companies. View the Answer
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In Vitro Maturation

Have CPT codes been established for maturation in vitro? View the Answer
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IVF Case Rates

What ICD-10 codes apply to case rates? View the Answer
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Monitoring FET

What is the correct diagnosis code to use on the follicle ultrasound (76857) for a patient who is undergoing frozen embryo transfer (FET)? View the Answer
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Embryo Thawing/Warming

Is it allowable to bill 89250 for the culture of embryos after thaw for a frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycle? View the Answer
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Endometrial Biopsy/Scratch

What CPT code should be used for a “scratch test”?  View the Answer
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D&C Under Ultrasound Guidance

What are the CPT codes and ICD-10 codes for coding a surgical case for a patient with history of Stage B adenocarcinoma of the cervix ... View the Answer
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Elective Single Embryo Transfer

Has any progress been made in creating/obtaining a specific CPT code for an elective single embryo transfer (eSET)?  View the Answer
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Assisted Hatching Billed With Embryo Biopsy

Do you know if both assisted hatching (89253) and embryo biopsy for PGS/PGD/CCS (89290/89291) can be billed during the same cycle?  View the Answer
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Embryo Transfer

A summary of Embryo Transfer codes collected by the ASRM Coding Committee View the Coding Summary
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Journal Club Global Live from PCRS - Non-Invasive Embryo Selection Techniques

The next great frontier in reproductive medicine is how to non-invasively select an embryo with the highest reproductive potential for transfer. View the Video
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Journal Club Global - Should Fellows Perform Live Embryo Transfers in Fellowship?

Few things are more taboo in reproductive medicine fellowship training than allowing fellows to perform live embryo transfers. View the Video
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Journal Club Global Live from ASRM - Optimal Management of the Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle: Insights From Recent Literature

Three recent papers published in the Fertility and Sterility family of journals, all explore different aspects of optimizing frozen embryo transfer cycles. View the Video
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Guidance on the limits to the number of embryos to transfer: a committee opinion (2021)

ASRM's guidelines for the limits on the number of embryos to be transferred during IVF cycles have been further refined ... View the Committee Opinion
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Compassionate transfer: patient requests for embryo transfer for nonreproductive purposes (2020)

A patient request to transfer embryos into her body in a location or at a time when pregnancy is highly unlikely ... View the Committee Opinion
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Blastocyst culture and transfer in clinically assisted reproduction: a committee opinion (2018)

The purposes of this document is to review the literature regarding the clinical application of blastocyst transfer. View the Committee Opinion
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Transferring embryos with genetic anomalies detected in preimplantation testing: an Ethics Committee Opinion (2018)

Patient requests for transfer of embryos with genetic anomalies linked to serious health-affecting disorders detected in preimplantation testing are rare but do exist. View the Committee Document
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ASRM standard embryo transfer protocol template: a committee opinion (2017)

Standardization improves performance and safety of embryo transfer View the Committee Opinion

Topic Resources

View more on the topic of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
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Codes for Embryo Biopsy

When doing a preimplantation genetic test (PGT) biopsy, can you bill for each day a biopsy is performed or can you only bill once for the cycle? View the Answer
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - Live from ESHRE 2024: Part 2

Explore fresh embryo transfers, progesterone elevation, and day-seven embryo utility from experts at ESHRE 2024. Cutting-edge fertility insights await! Listen to the Episode
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: May 2024

Topics this month include Iatrogenic and demographic determinants of the national plural birth increase, outcomes between ICSI and IVF with PGT-A. Listen to the Episode
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Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: April 2024

Topics this month include the use of ICSI, fertility treatments among reproductive-aged women after cancer, and more. Listen to the Episode
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ICSI and Embryo Biopsy

How to bill for ICSI or embryo biopsies that occur in different days?  View the Answer
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Oocyte Denudation

Is there is a separate code for denudation of oocytes?  View the Answer
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Denudation of Oocytes

Is there is a separate code for denudation of oocytes? And if denuding oocytes is bundled into another code for either IVF or ICSI, please explain. View the Answer
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Egg Culture and Fertilization: Same Gender

A same-sex male couple requested half their donor eggs be fertilized with sperm from male #1 and the other half fertilized from male #2. View the Answer
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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for non–male factor indications: a committee opinion (2020)

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection is frequently used in combination with assisted reproductive technologies. View the Committee Document