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L779
L779 – Patient Documentation and Specimen Collection Fee (Northern Rural)
OHIP Laboratory Medicine Code · Schedule of Benefits
Patient Documentation and Specimen Collection Fee (Northern Rural). Listed under 2.1 Patient Documentation And Specimen Collection / Pick-Up in the Schedule of Benefits for Laboratory Services (effective April 1, 2026). 1. The above codes are limited to 1 per patient, per day for any one of the Patient Documentation and Specimen Collection / Pick-Up Fee codes (Only 1 of L700, L777, L778 or L779 can be billed per patient per day). 2. Not allowed to the recipient of a referred sample from another laboratory. 3. Not applicable to a patient visit solely to receive instructions or collection containers. 4. L700, L778, and L779 can only be claimed if an employee of the laboratory had performed the specimen collection on the patient. Otherwise L777 should be claimed. 5. When multiple tests are ordered for the same patient, for the same day, only one Patient Documentation and Specimen Collection / Pick-Up Fee code may be claimed even though all specimens may not be available on any one day. 6. Patients with multiple Laboratory Requisitions shall be accommodated on the same visit. 7. Not applicable to items under anatomical pathology, histology and cytology sections (Fee Codes L701 to L733 inclusive, L800 - L869 inclusive) and codes L354, L358 and L750.
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