H001 – Newborn care in hospital or home
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
Service is for routine care of a newborn for up to the first ten days of life.
Payment rules: Newborn care is limited to a maximum of one per patient except when a well baby is transferred to another hospital in which case the fee for newborn care may be payable to a physician at both hospitals.
Commentary: An example where this is possible is if the transfer occurred because of the state of health of the mother.
Payment rules: Despite the requirement that to be eligible for a special visit premium the call be non-elective (see ), a special visit premium is payable in addition to this service if a physician is required to make an additional visit to the hospital outside of his or her normally scheduled hospital rounds to facilitate discharge of the newborn the same day as the visit.
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