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G466
G466 – Limited procedure - technical component
OHIP Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures Code — DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits
This is the technical component fee for a Schedule B limited needle electromyography (EMG) or nerve conduction study (NCS). The procedure involves conduction studies on a single nerve (motor and/or sensory), and/or limited EMG studies of involved muscle(s), and/or a limited neuromuscular transmission study. This fee covers the use of equipment and personnel for the procedure. The professional component is billed separately under G457. As per the preamble on page , a permanent record of the procedure must be maintained.
Referral requiredFrom: Physician, NursePractitioner
A permanent record of the procedure must be maintained in the patient chart.
The physician has the necessary training and experience to personally render the technical component of the service.
The physician maintains documentation that describes the process by which the physician monitors quality assurance in accordance with professional standards.
If a physician owns the EMG/NCS equipment and either employs and provides clinical supervision for a technician to perform the procedure or performs the procedure personally, then both the technical and the professional component are payable to the physician.
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