K189 – Urgent community psychiatric follow-up
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
1. K189 is only eligible for payment when the psychiatrist providing the urgent community psychiatric follow-up: a. renders a service described by A190, A195, A192, A198, A695 or A795 to an out-patient on an urgent basis during the four (4) week period immediately following discharge where the patient was a hospital in-patient for treatment of a psychiatric condition; b. did not provide services to the same patient during the same psychiatric hospital admission; and c. will continue appropriate care of the out-patient for a minimum of six (6) months as required.
2. K189 is limited to a maximum of one per physician per patient per 12 month period.
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