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The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced major updates to maternity care CPT codes for the 2027 CPT code set. These changes are designed to improve coding accuracy and allow maternity services to be reported more specifically across every stage of pregnancy.
The updates include:
Although these changes become effective on January 1, 2027, the AMA released them early so providers, coders, and healthcare organizations can prepare in advance.
Under the new guidelines, maternity care will now be divided into four distinct phases:
This new structure aims to improve reporting specificity and simplify maternity coding workflows.
Antepartum care includes all medical management and evaluation services provided during pregnancy before labor begins.
Current global antepartum care CPT codes will be deleted.
Instead:
👉 Antepartum visits will now be reported using Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes per encounter.
The following codes will be removed in 2027:
The description for external cephalic version will be revised to remove references to tocolysis.
For the first time, CPT will include dedicated labor management codes based on:
