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B997
B997 – First person seen - Palliative Care Home Visit - Nights (00:00-07:00)
OHIP General Preamble Code — GENERAL PREAMBLE · Schedule of Benefits
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Special visit: Palliative Care Home Visit, first person seen. By when the visit starts. Schedule of Benefits GP76.. Toronto time.
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| Weekday daytimeMon–Fri 07:00–17:00 |
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| Weekday eveningMon–Fri 17:00–24:00 |
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| NightEvery day 00:00–07:00 |
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| Weekend or holidaySat, Sun & holidays 07:00–24:00 |
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A premium for the first person seen during a non-elective special visit to a patient's home for palliative care, for visits that commence between 00:00 and 07:00 on any day. Fee $113.10 (no max. per time period). Schedule of Benefits Special Visit Premium Table VII, Palliative Care 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.
The time at which the special visit takes place must be documented on the medical record.
A special visit means a visit initiated by a patient or an individual on behalf of the patient for the purpose of rendering a non-elective service or, if rendered in the patient's home, a non-elective or elective service.
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