Billing egg donor’s retrieval to recipient’s insurance

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Who to bill for gestational carrier services if intended parents have insurance?

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Mental health assessment for donors and intended parents

Is it appropriate to use 96156 or 96167 for mental health professional (MHP) counseling of gamete/embryo donors and gestational carriers?

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Diagnosis code for donation

What is the diagnosis code for an embryo donation versus egg donation?

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Mandated states and egg retrieval

What name should you use to submit for reimbursement for the actual egg donor when there is benefit for the donor egg retrieval?

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ASRM MAC Tool 2021

The ASRM Müllerian Anomaly Classification 2021 (MAC2021) includes cervical and vaginal anomalies and standardize terminology within an interactive tool format.

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This resource includes phrases shared by ASRM physician members to provide a template for individuals to create their own EMR phrases.

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A compendium of ASRM resources concerning the Novel Corona virus (SARS-COV-2) and COVID-19.

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Coding For Donor Egg Retrieval For Male Intended Parent

In coding a donor-egg retrieval to bill to insurance under the male intended parent, would it be appropriate to use the Z31.83? View the Answer

Updated terminology for gamete and embryo donors: directed (identiﬁed) to replace ‘‘known’’ and nonidentiﬁed to replace ‘‘anonymous’’: a committee opinion (2022)

ASRM encourages all stakeholders with an interest in gamete and embryo donation to adopt directed (identified). View the Committee Opinion

Financial compensation of oocyte donors: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)

Financial compensation of women donating oocytes for reproductive or research purposes is justiﬁed on ethical grounds. View the Committee Opinion

Evidence-based outcomes after oocyte cryopreservation for donor oocyte in vitro fertilization and planned oocyte cryopreservation: a guideline (2021)

A review of success rates, factors that may impact success rates, and outcomes. View the Committee Opinion

Repetitive oocyte donation: a committee opinion (2020)

Donors should be advised of the number of cycles/donations that a given oocyte donor may undergo. View the Committee Opinion

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: Jan 2025

This episode of Fertility and Sterility On Air covers groundbreaking research on reproductive medicine, including PGTA in donor eggs, BMI effects, and ovarian transplantation. Listen to the Episode

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: Dec 2024

Podcast episode discussing reproductive medicine highlights, including ASRM 2024 insights, meta-analysis integrity, donor ethics, and IVF communication challenges. Listen to the Episode

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: November 2024

Explore insights on the latest Fertility and Sterility On Air podcast, discussing ART workups, LGBTQ family building, genetic screening, and original research. Listen to the Episode

Hormonal Induction of Endometrial Receptivity for Fresh or Frozen Embryo Transfer

Explore Dr. Paulson's insights on endometrial receptivity and hormonal preparation in IVF, egg donation, and surrogacy, highlighting estrogen and progesterone roles. View the ASRMed Talk Video

Gamete and embryo donation guidance (2024)

Explore the latest guidelines for evaluating sperm, oocyte, and embryo donors and recipients. Includes FDA, CDC, and ASRM standards for optimal safety and outcomes.

View the Committee Document

Mental health assessment for donors and intended parents

Is it appropriate to use 96156 or 96167 for mental health professional (MHP) counseling of gamete/embryo donors and gestational carriers? View the Answer

Family members as gamete donors or gestational carriers: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)

The use of adult intrafamilial gamete donors and gestational surrogates is ethically acceptable when all participants are fully informed and counseled. View the Committee Document

Diagnosis code for donation

What is the diagnosis code for an embryo donation versus egg donation? View the Answer

Mandated states and egg retrieval

What name should you use to submit for reimbursement for the actual egg donor when there is benefit for the donor egg retrieval? View the Answer

Reimbursement for donor egg

My wife and I are going through a fertility treatment process, and we have purchased a donor egg out-of-pocket from a donor bank. View the Answer

Modernizing Clinic Options for Directed Gamete and Embryo Donation

Explore the evolution of gamete insemination laws, ethics, and rights for donor-conceived individuals from 1884 to present-day privacy shifts. View the ASRMed Talk Video

Misconduct in third-party assisted reproductive technology by participants and nonmedical professionals or entities: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)

In some instances, it is permissible for the physician to disclose information to the affected party or to decline to provide or continue to provide care. View the Committee Opinion

Reimbursement for cost of donor egg

My wife and I are going through a fertility treatment process, and we have purchased a donor egg out-of-pocket from a donor bank. View the Answer

Billing egg donor’s retrieval to recipient’s insurance

How you would bill an egg donor’s retrieval to a patient’s insurance? View the Answer

Psychological Evaluation

Many REs require patients (and their spouses/partners) who are considering using donor gametes to see an infertility counselor first. View the Answer

IVF Case Rates

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

Diagnosis Code For Same-Sex Egg Donation

We have a same-sex male couple with insurance coverage for IVF. View the Answer

Donor Egg Infectious Disease Lab Screening

The issue we are experiencing is outside labs billing with Z11.3 are getting denials stating improper ICD-10 for the services billed. View the Answer

Donor Egg Lot Acquisition

What is the code for egg lot acquisition? View the Answer

Donor Eggs-Physical Exam

Is there a specific CPT code used for Donor Physical Exams or would a practice just bill using the appropriate E&M Code? View the Answer

Donor Embryos

Could you give guidance for the correct ICD-10 code(s) to use when a patient is doing an Anonymous Donor Embryo Transfer cycle? View the Answer

Donor Screening

Is there a specific CPT code used for Donor Physical Exams or would a practice just bill using the appropriate E&M Code? View the Answer

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

Claim Form for Donor Egg Retrieval

What bill form is used of IVF donor egg retrieval? View the Answer

Coding For Donor Egg Retrieval For Male Intended Parent

In coding a donor-egg retrieval to bill to insurance under the male intended parent, would it be appropriate to use the Z31.83? View the Answer

Updated terminology for gamete and embryo donors: directed (identiﬁed) to replace ‘‘known’’ and nonidentiﬁed to replace ‘‘anonymous’’: a committee opinion (2022)

ASRM encourages all stakeholders with an interest in gamete and embryo donation to adopt directed (identified). View the Committee Opinion

Financial compensation of oocyte donors: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)

Financial compensation of women donating oocytes for reproductive or research purposes is justiﬁed on ethical grounds. View the Committee Opinion

Evidence-based outcomes after oocyte cryopreservation for donor oocyte in vitro fertilization and planned oocyte cryopreservation: a guideline (2021)

A review of success rates, factors that may impact success rates, and outcomes. View the Committee Opinion

Repetitive oocyte donation: a committee opinion (2020)

Donors should be advised of the number of cycles/donations that a given oocyte donor may undergo. View the Committee Opinion

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: Jan 2025

This episode of Fertility and Sterility On Air covers groundbreaking research on reproductive medicine, including PGTA in donor eggs, BMI effects, and ovarian transplantation. Listen to the Episode

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: Dec 2024

Podcast episode discussing reproductive medicine highlights, including ASRM 2024 insights, meta-analysis integrity, donor ethics, and IVF communication challenges. Listen to the Episode

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: November 2024

Explore insights on the latest Fertility and Sterility On Air podcast, discussing ART workups, LGBTQ family building, genetic screening, and original research. Listen to the Episode

Hormonal Induction of Endometrial Receptivity for Fresh or Frozen Embryo Transfer

Explore Dr. Paulson's insights on endometrial receptivity and hormonal preparation in IVF, egg donation, and surrogacy, highlighting estrogen and progesterone roles. View the ASRMed Talk Video

Gamete and embryo donation guidance (2024)

Explore the latest guidelines for evaluating sperm, oocyte, and embryo donors and recipients. Includes FDA, CDC, and ASRM standards for optimal safety and outcomes.

View the Committee Document

Mental health assessment for donors and intended parents

Is it appropriate to use 96156 or 96167 for mental health professional (MHP) counseling of gamete/embryo donors and gestational carriers? View the Answer

Family members as gamete donors or gestational carriers: an Ethics Committee opinion (2024)

The use of adult intrafamilial gamete donors and gestational surrogates is ethically acceptable when all participants are fully informed and counseled. View the Committee Document

Diagnosis code for donation

What is the diagnosis code for an embryo donation versus egg donation? View the Answer

Mandated states and egg retrieval

What name should you use to submit for reimbursement for the actual egg donor when there is benefit for the donor egg retrieval? View the Answer

Reimbursement for donor egg

My wife and I are going through a fertility treatment process, and we have purchased a donor egg out-of-pocket from a donor bank. View the Answer

Modernizing Clinic Options for Directed Gamete and Embryo Donation

Explore the evolution of gamete insemination laws, ethics, and rights for donor-conceived individuals from 1884 to present-day privacy shifts. View the ASRMed Talk Video

Misconduct in third-party assisted reproductive technology by participants and nonmedical professionals or entities: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)

In some instances, it is permissible for the physician to disclose information to the affected party or to decline to provide or continue to provide care. View the Committee Opinion

Reimbursement for cost of donor egg

My wife and I are going through a fertility treatment process, and we have purchased a donor egg out-of-pocket from a donor bank. View the Answer

Billing egg donor’s retrieval to recipient’s insurance

How you would bill an egg donor’s retrieval to a patient’s insurance? View the Answer

Psychological Evaluation

Many REs require patients (and their spouses/partners) who are considering using donor gametes to see an infertility counselor first. View the Answer

IVF Case Rates

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

Diagnosis Code For Same-Sex Egg Donation

We have a same-sex male couple with insurance coverage for IVF. View the Answer

Donor Egg Infectious Disease Lab Screening

The issue we are experiencing is outside labs billing with Z11.3 are getting denials stating improper ICD-10 for the services billed. View the Answer

Donor Egg Lot Acquisition

What is the code for egg lot acquisition? View the Answer

Donor Eggs-Physical Exam

Is there a specific CPT code used for Donor Physical Exams or would a practice just bill using the appropriate E&M Code? View the Answer

Donor Embryos

Could you give guidance for the correct ICD-10 code(s) to use when a patient is doing an Anonymous Donor Embryo Transfer cycle? View the Answer

Donor Screening

Is there a specific CPT code used for Donor Physical Exams or would a practice just bill using the appropriate E&M Code? View the Answer

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

Claim Form for Donor Egg Retrieval

What bill form is used of IVF donor egg retrieval? View the Answer

Coding For Donor Egg Retrieval For Male Intended Parent

In coding a donor-egg retrieval to bill to insurance under the male intended parent, would it be appropriate to use the Z31.83? View the Answer

Updated terminology for gamete and embryo donors: directed (identiﬁed) to replace ‘‘known’’ and nonidentiﬁed to replace ‘‘anonymous’’: a committee opinion (2022)

ASRM encourages all stakeholders with an interest in gamete and embryo donation to adopt directed (identified). View the Committee Opinion

Financial compensation of oocyte donors: an Ethics Committee opinion (2023)

Financial compensation of women donating oocytes for reproductive or research purposes is justiﬁed on ethical grounds. View the Committee Opinion

Evidence-based outcomes after oocyte cryopreservation for donor oocyte in vitro fertilization and planned oocyte cryopreservation: a guideline (2021)

A review of success rates, factors that may impact success rates, and outcomes. View the Committee Opinion

Repetitive oocyte donation: a committee opinion (2020)

Donors should be advised of the number of cycles/donations that a given oocyte donor may undergo. View the Committee Opinion

Billing egg donor’s retrieval to recipient’s insurance

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Topic Resources

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: Jan 2025

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: Dec 2024

Fertility and Sterility On Air - TOC: November 2024

Hormonal Induction of Endometrial Receptivity for Fresh or Frozen Embryo Transfer​

Gamete and embryo donation guidance (2024)

Mental health assessment for donors and intended parents

Hormonal Induction of Endometrial Receptivity for Fresh or Frozen Embryo Transfer