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A777
A777 – Intermediate assessment - Pronouncement of death
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
Intermediate assessment – pronouncement of death is the service of pronouncing a patient dead in a location other than in the patient’s home. This service may include any counselling of relatives that is rendered during the same visit, and completion of the death certificate.
The physician must personally pronounce the patient dead.
The service must be rendered in a location other than the patient's home (e.g., hospital, clinic, or other facility).
Claims must be submitted using the diagnostic code for the underlying cause of death, as recorded on the death certificate, rather than the immediate cause of death.
Usage limits
Clinically limited to once per patient.
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