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B986
B986 – Travel Premium - Geriatric Home Visit - Any time
OHIP General Preamble Code — GENERAL PREAMBLE · Schedule of Benefits
A travel premium for a non-elective special visit to a patient's home for a geriatric home visit, for visits that commence at any time. Fee $37.40 (no max. per time period). Schedule of Benefits Special Visit Premium Table X, Geriatric Home Visit (). The time the special visit takes place must be documented in the medical record (). Bill with the appropriate A-prefix assessment from the General Listings.
For fee codes listed in Tables I, II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X the time at which the special visit takes place must be documented on the medical record.
Usage limits
No maximum number of services per time period (unlike most other travel premiums). Only one travel premium is eligible for payment for each separate trip to a destination, regardless of the number of patients seen.
B986 applies to all time periods in Table X: Weekdays Daytime, Weekdays Evenings, Daytime Sat/Sun/Holidays, Nights, and Sacrifice of Office Hours.
Special visit premiums are not eligible for payment with services described by emergency department 'H' prefix fee codes.
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