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E540
E540 – Tumour free margin with frozen section excision
OHIP Integumentary System Surgical Procedures Code — INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits
This premium provides a 25% increase to the fee for an applicable primary procedure. It is payable when an excision is performed in a hospital to achieve tumour-free margins for a malignant lesion, and this is confirmed with a frozen section. It can be applied to excision, repair, flap, or graft procedures. According to page , it is payable once per lesion when added to the first flap or graft procedure. According to page , it can be added to excision or repair fees, such as for malignant melanoma (R010).
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