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A486 – Repeat consultation

OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits

Levels of this visit

The A48x codes in this part of the Schedule of Benefits, lowest fee first. Bill the level the history and examination support.

Assessments

  • A488 Partial assessment

    A partial assessment is the limited service that constitutes a history of the presenting complaint, the necessary physical examination, advice to the patient and appropriate…

    $44.75
  • A484 Medical specific re-assessment

    A medical specific re-assessment is a service rendered by a specialist in rheumatology that requires a full, relevant history and physical examination of one or more systems.

    $72.00
  • A481 Complex medical specific re-assessment

    A complex medical specific re-assessment is a re-assessment of a patient because of the complexity, obscurity, or seriousness of the patient’s condition.

    $83.40
  • A483 Medical specific assessment

    A medical specific assessment is a service rendered by a specialist in Rheumatology in a place other than a patient's home.

    $95.95
  • A480 Complex rheumatology assessment

    A complex rheumatology assessment is an assessment for the ongoing management of specific complex disorders of the musculoskeletal system where the complexity of the condition…

    $113.85

Consultations

  • A486 Repeat consultation(this code)

    Repeat consultation rendered by a specialist in Rheumatology.

    $125.10
  • A485 Consultation

    A consultation is an assessment rendered following a written request from a referring physician, nurse practitioner or dental surgeon who requests the opinion of a rheumatologist…

    $202.40
Repeat consultation rendered by a specialist in Rheumatology.
Must include the elements of a medical specific re-assessment (full, relevant history and physical examination of one or more systems), or the amount payable will be adjusted to a lesser assessment fee.
Limit

Maximum 6 per 12_months (per patient per physician). Services in excess of this limit will be adjusted to a lesser assessment fee.

Usage limits
Limited to 6 per patient, per physician, per 12 month period. Services in excess of this limit will be adjusted to a lesser assessment fee.

Examples of systemic vasculitides include Churg-Strauss angiitis, polyarteritis nodosa, Wegener’s granulomatosis, Takayasu’s vasculitis, microscopic polyangiitis, and temporal arteritis.

A consultation or assessment service, as appropriate, may be claimed for the initial evaluation of a patient.

This service is not eligible for payment to a physician for the initial evaluation of the patient by that physician.

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