AC Appropriateness Criteria® Female Infertility

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive spontaneously after 12 months of routinely unprotected intercourse in patients <35 years of age, and after 6 months in patients ≥35 years of age. Infertility also refers to the inability to achieve a successful pregnancy based on the medical, sexual, and reproductive history; age, physical findings; diagnostic testing; the need for medical intervention; or a combination of these variables for a patient. In the United States, 13% of women 15 …

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