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G512 – Palliative care case management fee

OHIP Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures Code — DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits

This service is for the supervision of palliative care for a patient for a one-week period, commencing at midnight Sunday. It includes the following specific elements: • A. Monitoring the condition of a patient including ordering tests and interpreting test results. • B. Discussion with and providing telephone advice to the patient, patient's family or patient's representative even if initiated by the patient, patient's family or patient's representative. • C. Arranging for assessments, procedures or therapy and coordinating community and hospital care including but not limited to urgent rescue palliative radiation therapy or chemotherapy, blood transfusions, paracentesis/thoracentesis, intravenous or subcutaneous therapy. • D. Providing premises, equipment, supplies and personnel for all elements of the service.
Usage limits
[1, "week", "per_patient", "The week is defined as Monday to Sunday inclusive. If a patient is transferred, only the physician who rendered the service for the majority of the week is eligible for payment. The fee is eligible even if not provided for a full week due to patient death or care commencement mid-week."]

The service is only eligible for payment when rendered by the physician most responsible for the patient's care, or by a physician substituting for this physician.

G511, K071 or K072 are not eligible for payment to any physician when rendered during a week that G512 is rendered.

G512 is limited to a maximum of one per week (Monday to Sunday inclusive) per patient and, in the instance a patient is transferred from one most responsible physician to another, is only eligible for payment to the physician who rendered the service the majority of the week.

In the event of the death of the patient or where care commences on any day of the week, G512 is eligible for payment even if the service was not provided for the entire week.

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