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Dr. Deirdre Lyell, MD

Palo Alto, CA

23 Years of Experience

Accepting patients

    Who is Dr. Lyell, Maternal & Fetal Medicine Specialist in Palo Alto, CA?

    Dr. Deirdre Lyell, MD is a Maternal & Fetal Medicine Specialist, who primarily practices in Palo Alto, CA with 1 additional practice location. She has been practicing for over 23 years and is board certified. Dr. Lyell completed her residency at Brigham & Women'S Hosp, Obstetrics And Gynecology. Dr. Lyell is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Lyell’s practice accepts Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Lyell’s office at (650) 497-8000.

    Where did Dr. Lyell go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Residency: Brigham & Women'S Hosp, Obstetrics And Gynecology | Brigham and Women's Hospital

    What languages does Dr. Lyell speak?

    Dr. Lyell and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    What conditions does Dr. Lyell treat?

    As a Maternal & Fetal Medicine Specialist, Dr. Lyell diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Lyell. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • Other Prenatal Screenings
    • Nuchal Translucency Screening
    • Prenatal Care
    • Additional pregnancy tests
    • Special antenatal screenings
    • Specific prenatal checks
    • NT scan
    • First trimester screening ultrasound
    • Screening for Down syndrome

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z3689: Encounter for other specified antenatal screening
    • Z3682: Encounter for antenatal screening for nuchal translucency

    Also known as:

    • Pregnancy Care for Older Mothers with Previous Births
    • Pregnancy Care for Older First-Time Mothers
    • General High-Risk Pregnancy Care
    • Health Problems in Pregnancy
    • Advanced Maternal Age Multiple Pregnancies
    • Elderly Multigravida Care
    • Older Mother with Prior Births Pregnancy Monitoring
    • Advanced Maternal Age First Pregnancy
    • Elderly Primigravida Care
    • Older First-Time Mom Pregnancy Monitoring
    • Specialized Obstetric Monitoring
    • Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult
    • Pregnancy Management for Complications

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O09523: Supervision of elderly multigravida, third trimester
    • O09513: Supervision of elderly primigravida, third trimester
    • O0990: Supervision of high risk pregnancy, unspecified, unspecified trimester

    Also known as:

    • Pregnancy Care for Older Mothers with Previous Pregnancies
    • Pregnancy Care for Older First-Time Mothers
    • Health Problems in Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy monitoring for older mothers
    • Managing pregnancy for advanced maternal age (multiple births)
    • Geriatric multigravida care
    • Older mom with previous pregnancies
    • Pregnancy monitoring for older first pregnancy
    • Managing pregnancy for advanced maternal age (first birth)
    • Geriatric primigravida care
    • Older first-time mom pregnancy

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O09522: Supervision of elderly multigravida, second trimester
    • O09512: Supervision of elderly primigravida, second trimester

    Also known as:

    • Prenatal Screening for Birth Defects
    • Antenatal Screening Follow-up
    • Antenatal Malformation Screening
    • Fetal Anomaly Scan
    • Birth Defect Screening in Pregnancy
    • Other Prenatal Screening Follow-up
    • Maternal Screening Follow-up
    • Pregnancy Screening Review

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z363: Encounter for antenatal screening for malformations
    • Z362: Encounter for other antenatal screening follow-up

    Also known as:

    • Gestational Diabetes
    • Diet-Controlled Gestational Diabetes
    • Diabetes and Pregnancy
    • Gestational diabetes
    • Pregnancy Diabetes
    • Diabetes developed during pregnancy
    • GDM
    • Gestational diabetes managed by diet
    • Pregnancy diabetes diet control
    • GDM diet management

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O24419: Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified control
    • O24410: Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, diet controlled

    Also known as:

    • Poor Fetal Growth
    • Health Problems in Pregnancy
    • Fetal Growth Restriction
    • Small for Gestational Age
    • Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O365930: Maternal care for other known or suspected poor fetal growth, third trimester, not applicable or unspecified

    Also known as:

    • Fetal Abnormality
    • Birth Defects
    • Health Problems in Pregnancy
    • Congenital Anomaly
    • Fetal Malformation
    • Developmental Abnormality
    • Birth Defect

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O358XX0: Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, not applicable or unspecified

    Also known as:

    • Fetal Heart Anomalies
    • Congenital Heart Defects in Fetus
    • Fetal Cardiac Malformations
    • Fetal Heart Problems

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O35BXX0: Maternal care for other (suspected) fetal abnormality and damage, fetal cardiac anomalies, not applicable or unspecified

    Also known as:

    • Hormone, Nutrition, or Metabolism Problems during Late Pregnancy
    • Health Problems in Pregnancy
    • Endocrine disease in third trimester
    • Metabolic disorders late pregnancy
    • Nutritional issues during third trimester

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O99283: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases complicating pregnancy, third trimester

    Also known as:

    • Previous C-section Scar During Pregnancy
    • Cesarean Delivery
    • Prior Cesarean Section
    • Uterine Scar from C-section
    • C-section History in Pregnancy

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O34219: Maternal care for unspecified type scar from previous cesarean delivery

    Also known as:

    • Pregnancy Care After Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
    • Assisted Reproductive Technology
    • Pregnancy monitoring after IVF
    • Managing pregnancy after fertility treatment
    • High-risk pregnancy after ART
    • Pregnancy following fertility procedures

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O09813: Supervision of pregnancy resulting from assisted reproductive technology, third trimester

    Also known as:

    • High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
    • High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy
    • Chronic hypertension in pregnancy
    • Essential hypertension complicating pregnancy
    • Hypertension during gestation
    • Pre-existing high blood pressure in pregnancy

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O10013: Pre-existing essential hypertension complicating pregnancy, third trimester

    Also known as:

    • Twin Pregnancy
    • Twins, Triplets, Multiple Births
    • Pregnancy with twins
    • Having twins
    • Twin gestation
    • Expecting twins

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • O30043: Twin pregnancy, dichorionic/diamniotic, third trimester

    Which procedures does Dr. Lyell perform as a Maternal & Fetal Medicine Specialist?

    As a Maternal & Fetal Medicine Specialist, procedures performed by a Dr. Deirdre Lyell may include:

    For detailed information, please contact Dr. Lyell's office.

    Does Dr. Lyell accept my insurance?

    Dr. Lyell accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 497-8000 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Lyell accept in Palo Alto, CA?

    Dr. Lyell in Palo Alto, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • All Other Third Party

    • Blue Shield of California

    • Central California Alliance for Health

    • CVS Health (formerly Aetna)

    • Express Scripts

    • Health Plan of San Joaquin

    • Health Plan of San Mateo

    • Santa Clara Family Health Plan

    • State of California

    • UnitedHealthcare

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    Where is Dr. Lyell's office located?

    Dr. Deirdre Lyell's Primary Practice

    725 Welch Rd

    Palo Alto, CA 94304

    (650) 497-8000

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    Dr. Deirdre Lyell's Practice 2

    300 Pasteur Dr

    Stanford, CA 94305

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    Recognitions

    Publications

    Integrating multiple 'omics' alyses identifies serological protein biomarkers for preeclampsia

    BMC MEDICINE, 2013

    Risk factors for classical hysterotomy by gestatiol age.

    Obstetrics and gynecology, 2013

    Effect of magnesium sulfate exposure on term neotes

    JOURL OF PERITOLOGY, 2013

    Antetal identification of major depressive disorder: a cohort study

    AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2012

    Interpregncy Interval and Obstetrical Complications

    OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY, 2012

    Rectus muscle and visceral peritoneum closure at cesarean delivery and intraabdomil adhesions

    Lyell, D. J., Caughey, A. B., Hu, E., Blumenfeld, Y., El-Sayed, Y. Y.,

    Adhesions and perioperative complications of repeat cesarean delivery

    AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2011

    Do adhesions at repeat cesarean delay delivery of the newborn?

    Greenberg, M. B., Daniels, K., Blumenfeld, Y. J., Caughey, A. B., Lyel

    Neotal medical admission in a term and late-preterm cohort exposed to magnesium sulfate

    Greenberg, M. B., Penn, A. A., Thomas, L. J., El-Sayed, Y. Y., Caughey

    The Residency Certificate: The Rite of Passage

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2011

    Oral Misoprostol and Vagil Isosorbide Mononitrate for Labor Induction A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Collingham, J. P., Fuh, K. C., Caughey, A. B., Pullen, K. M., Lyell, D, 2010

    Single- versus double-layer hysterotomy closure at primary caesarean delivery and bladder adhesions

    BJOG-AN INTERTIOL JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYECOLOGY, 2010

    TITLE: SLEEPLESSNESS DURING PREGNCY: ESTIMATING THE PREVALENCE OF INSOMNIA

    Chambers, A. S., Lyell, D. J., Manber, R., 2010

    Acupuncture for Depression During Pregncy A Randomized Controlled Trial

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2010

    Daily Compared With 8-Hour Gentamicin for the Treatment of Intrapartum Chorioamnionitis A R

    Lyell, D. J., Pullen, K., Fuh, K., Zamah, M., Caughey, A. B., Benitz, , 2010

    Antetal recognition of major depressive disorder

    Lyell, D., Chambers, A., Wong, A., Tsai, E., Caughey, A., Manber, R., 2009

    Acupuncture for depression during pregncy

    Manber, R., Schnyer, R., Chambers, A., Lyell, D., Caughey, A., Carlyle, 2009

    Exterl cephalic version: a terrible opportunity to waste

    JOURL OF PERITOLOGY, 2009

    1. Blumenfeld Yair J and Lyell, Deirdre J. Prematurity prevention: the role of acute tocolysis.

    Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol., 2009

    RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF CERVICAL RIPENING AND LABOR INDUCTION USING ORAL MISOPROSTOL WITH OR

    Collingham, J., Fuh, K., Caughey, A., Pullen, K., Lyell, D., Druzin, M, 2008

    Maintence Nifedipine Tocolysis Compared With Placebo A Randomized Controlled Trial

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2008

    Perital outcomes among Asian-white interracial couples

    AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2008

    Uterine exteriorization compared with in situ repair at cesarean delivery

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2008

    Once daily vs. 8-hour gentamicin dosing for chorioamnionitis

    Pullen, K., Zamah, M., Fuh, K., Caughey, A., Benitz, W., Lyell, D., El, 2007

    Cesarean delivery outcomes after a prolonged second stage of labor

    AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2007

    Magnesium sulfate compared with nifedipine for acute tocolysis of preterm labor - A r

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2007

    Presence of the sickle cell trait and preterm delivery in African-American women

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2007

    Induction of labor and cesarean delivery by gestatiol age

    AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2006

    Ultrasound screening of fetuses at increased risk for Down syndrome: how many missed diagnoses?

    PRETAL DIAGNOSIS, 2006

    Percutaneous translumil corory angioplasty and stent placement in pregncy

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2005

    Peritoneal closure at primary cesarean delivery and adhesions

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2005

    Randomized comparison of intravenous nitroglycerin and subcutaneous terbutaline

    AMERICAN JOURL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2004

    Developmental response to hypoxia

    FASEB JOURL, 2004

    Postpartum uterine arteriovenous fistula

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2004

    Neotal chest wall rigidity following the use of remifentanil for cesarean delivery

    INTERTIOL JOURL OF OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA, 2004

    Training and competency assessment in electronic fetal monitoring: A tiol survey

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 2003

    Pretal screening, epidemiology, diagnosis, and magement of preeclampsia

    CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE, 2003

    Evaluation of a novel electronic fetal monitor simulator

    MEDICINE MEETS VIRTUAL REALITY 11, 2003

    The impact of the use of the isolated echogenic intracardiac focus as a screen for Down syndrome

    Caughey, A. B., Lyell, D. J., Filly, R. A., Washington, A. E., Norton,, 2001

    New therapies for the pregnt patient with diabetes.

    Diabetes technology & therapeutics, 2001

    Videourodymic diagnosis of occult genuine stress incontinence

    JOURL OF THE SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION, 1998

    What is Dr. Lyell's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Lyell's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1821130865.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Lyell?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Lyell

    What is Dr. Deirdre Lyell's specialty?

    Dr. Lyell is a Maternal & Fetal Medicine Specialist near Palo Alto, CA. An obstetrician/gynecologist who specializes in the care of patients with pregnancy complications provides consultation and management for those experiencing obstetrical, medical, and surgical issues related to pregnancy. This specialist has advanced knowledge of the effects of these complications on both the mother and the fetus, as well as expertise in the latest diagnostic and treatment modalities for managing complicated pregnancies. Contact Dr. Lyell to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Deirdre Lyell affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    No, Lyell is not affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital, but is affiliated with the following hospitals: Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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    Is Deirdre Lyell accepting new patients in Palo Alto, CA?

    Yes, Dr. Deirdre Lyell is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Deirdre Lyell offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Lyell's office at (650) 497-8000 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Deirdre Lyell?

    Please contact Dr. Lyell's office at (650) 497-8000 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

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