2025 CPT code 89342
(Active) Effective Date: N/A Laboratory - Reproductive Medicine Procedures Pathology and Laboratory Feed
Storage (per year); embryo(s)
Modifiers may be applicable to indicate specific circumstances of the storage, such as modifier 90 for services performed by a reference (outside) laboratory.Refer to current modifier guidelines for appropriate use.
Medical necessity for embryo storage is typically linked to the underlying reason for IVF or embryo cryopreservation, such as infertility treatment, fertility preservation prior to cancer treatment, or gender transition.
The laboratory analyst performs the technical laboratory steps to store the embryos.Clinicians, typically in reproductive medicine and infertility, order this service.
In simple words: This code covers the yearly cost of storing frozen embryos in a specialized facility.The embryos are kept frozen to be used later to help someone get pregnant.
This code represents the storage of one or more embryos for a specified time, typically per year. The service includes the technical laboratory steps to store the embryos cryopreserved from a female patient for later use in pregnancy attempts.This may involve specialized facilities with strict temperature monitoring to maintain embryo viability.This code does not include the cryopreservation procedure itself.
Example 1: A patient undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) has multiple embryos created and chooses to freeze the extra embryos for potential future use. This code would be billed annually for the storage of those embryos., A woman about to undergo cancer treatment that may affect her fertility chooses to have eggs retrieved and fertilized to create embryos, which are then frozen for later use. This code covers the annual storage of the embryos., A transgender client considering future reproductive options may have eggs retrieved and fertilized, with the resulting embryos cryopreserved. Code 89342 is billed annually for maintaining the embryos in storage.
Documentation should include the number of embryos stored, the date storage began, and the storage facility's details.Records of the initial cryopreservation procedure should also be available.
- Revenue Code: T1H (LAB TESTS - OTHER (NON-MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE))
- Payment Status: Active
- Specialties:Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Oncology (when used for fertility preservation)
- Place of Service:Outpatient Hospital, Independent Clinic, Office