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G571
G571 – Echocardiography - professional component
OHIP Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures Code — DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits
A Complete Study – 1 and 2 dimensions is an echocardiogram that must include as a minimum all of the following components: acquisition, recording and storage of ultrasound images relevant to the assessment of all components of cardiac structure and function including chambers, valves, septae, pericardium and proximal great vessels. Also included when rendered is a Cardiac Doppler Study (with or without colour Doppler). This code represents the professional component of the service.
Referral requiredFrom: Physician, NursePractitioner, DentalSurgeon, Midwife, OralMaxillofacialSurgeon
The required components and findings of a complete study are documented.
There is a permanent recording on appropriate dynamic medium, either videotape or digitally, of the constituent images and measurements.
If applicable, a description of the circumstance beyond the physician's control leading to one or more components of the echocardiogram not being rendered.
Where one or more components of cardiac structure and function cannot be imaged due to circumstances beyond the physician's control the echocardiogram is payable as a complete echocardiogram.
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