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July 15 2026 Maternity Care Services

July 15, 2026: Attention All Providers: Effective January 1, 2027, the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel is deleting the global maternity care CPT codes representative of antepartum, labor and delivery, and postpartum care services (e.g., 59400, 59510, 59620) and transitioning to the reporting of separate CPT codes for services rendered.


The AMA clarified during a June 2026 webinar that current correct coding guidelines require providers to report global codes for routine maternity care services, in most instances, through December 31, 2026. MDHHS will transition to the reporting of separate CPT codes, including the use of evaluation and management (E/M) codes for routine antepartum and postpartum care, for all dates of service occurring on and after January 1, 2027.

A policy bulletin will be published for public comment in September reflecting coding updates for routine maternity care services furnished on and after January 1, 2027. For routine maternity care services provided on and before December 31, 2026, providers are required to adhere to current Medicaid policy as outlined within the MDHHS Medicaid Provider Manual.