{"id":15972,"date":"2022-11-04T11:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/?p=15972"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:31:27","slug":"split-ob-gyn-billing-avoid-duplicate-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/split-ob-gyn-billing-avoid-duplicate-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"Understand Split OB GYN Billing to Avoid Duplicate Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Challenges of OB-GYN Billing<\/h2>\n

Coding and billing for maternity obstetrical care<\/strong> are quite different from the other medical specialties. Maternity care services typically include antepartum care, delivery services, and postpartum care. Depending on the patient\u2019s circumstances and insurance carrier, the provider can either submit all rendered services for the entire nine months of services on one CMS-1500 claim form or submit claims based on an itemization of maternity care service. The challenges of maternity obstetrical care billing don\u2019t end here; the billing team has to deal with patients with split OB-GYN billing. This blog considered two billing scenarios where split OB-GYN billing is required to avoid duplicate billing.<\/p>\n

Multiple Providers Render Maternity Care<\/h2>\n

Assume a scenario where multiple providers render portions of maternity care for the same patient. In such scenarios, one physician treats the patient at the beginning of her OB care. Still, as she develops complications and is referred to a specialist for the remainder of her care, you need to split billing to avoid duplicate billing.<\/p>\n