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W173
W173 – Nursing home or home for the aged - first 2 subsequent visits
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
A subsequent visit by a vascular surgeon for a patient in a nursing home or home for the aged. This fee code applies to the first two subsequent visits per patient, per month. A subsequent visit is any routine assessment following the patient's admission to a long-term care institution, as defined in the General Preamble ().
As an assessment, this service includes the specific elements of assessments () in addition to the common elements (, ) of all insured services. For emergency calls and other special visits to in-patients, use General Listings ('A' prefix codes) and Special Visit Premiums where applicable (see to ).
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