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NC Medicaid: New CPT 2 F Codes have July 1 start date

May 28, 2025 4:30:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in Medicaid Managed Care, Primary Care, coding, Pregnancy, OB/GYN, postpartum, prenatal

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MedicaidFrom NC Medicaid:

Practices that provide prenatal and postpartum care should bill the new F codes (0503F and 0500F) for their respective services, in addition to using global billing codes after delivery.

Some private and commercial insurers already require these codes, so providers should check with their billing team to review relevant protocol. These F codes are required by NC Medicaid’s clinical policy and apply to all delivery claims (not just those that are globally billed).


NC Medicaid urges providers to begin using the new codes as soon as possible. After July 1, 2025, Medicaid claims for delivery will deny if 0500F is not in the patient's history. This change will apply to both NC Medicaid Managed Care and NC Medicaid Direct claims.

Details and Source: New F Codes: Capturing Prenatal and Postpartum Care Services

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In NC, 9 Babies Died of Congenital Syphilis in 2023

Feb 7, 2024 1:28:00 PM / by Leslie D McDowell, DNP, ANP-BC, RN posted in Primary Care, Pregnancy, OB/GYN, family medicine, STIs, prenatal

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Portrait of a man holding a baby in his hands

With only a single case in our state about a decade ago, congenital syphilis has been on the rise ever since.

In 2023, (according to preliminary data), North Carolina lost nine people from this completely preventable cause; with another 63 babies suffering from  congenital syphilis infection.  

According to Victoria Mobley, HIV/STI medical director for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health, more than half of the mothers of the babies born with syphilis had no documented prenatal care at the time they delivered. Equally of concern, of the women who did have prenatal care, only 41% received appropriate screening tests, despite state law requirements for syphilis testing for anyone who is pregnant (at first pre-natal visit, again between 28-30 weeks gestation and at time of delivery). 

Sadly, this is a national epidemic, and more action must be taken to begin to address it.

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Postpartum Coverage Extended to 12 Months for NC Medicaid Beneficiaries

Apr 6, 2022 8:30:00 AM / by Practice Support Team posted in Medicaid, Pregnancy, postpartum

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North Carolina currently ranks 30th in the country in maternal mortality and 39th in infant mortality. In addition, 12% of women in the state experience postpartum depression.

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