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E020C
E020C – ASA E - Emergency surgery
OHIP General Preamble Code — GENERAL PREAMBLE · Schedule of Benefits
An additional 4 units are payable to the anaesthesiologist for administering anaesthesia to a patient for emergency surgery. This premium applies when the surgery commences within 24 hours of the operating room booking and is added to the fee for an anaesthetic service for a patient with ASA Physical Status Classification III (E022C), IV (E017C), or V (E016C).
The ASA level for Physical Status Classification must be determined by the anaesthesiologist at the time of the pre-operative anaesthesia assessment.
In the description of E022C, E016C, E017C and E020C, reference to ASA level for Physical Status Classification means the level determined by the anaesthesiologist at the time of the pre-operative anaesthesia assessment.
E016C, E017C and E020C are not eligible for payment when anaesthesia is rendered to a brain dead patient for organ donations.
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