Payer policy record
Cigna Healthcare: the 2027 transition
Maternity billing source evidence for Cigna Healthcare. Verify the product, service, and effective date before applying a policy.
Pending payer guidance
What the source establishes
- Plan scope
- Cigna Healthcare provider guidance. Do not extend this record to separately administered or affiliated products.
- Transition
- The September 14 update retains the existing billing process and promises more 2027 guidance later in the year.
- Global billing
- Continue to follow current contractual and reimbursement requirements. The announcement does not establish a 2027 transition date.
- E/M documentation
- The source cautions against changing prenatal E/M reporting solely on the basis of the proposed transition approach.
Primary source documents
Cigna Healthcare · Published 2026-09-14 · Checked Sep 30, 2026
Update on maternity coding and reimbursement“Cigna Healthcare is not changing its current maternity billing guidance at this time.”
Record history
Sep 30, 2026
Initial source record added
Primary-source research added to the resource center. Clinical review remains pending; this is not a payer policy change.