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W407
W407 – Type 3 admission assessment
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
A Type 3 admission assessment is a general re-assessment of a patient who is re-admitted to the long-term care institution after a minimum 3 day stay in another institution. As per , a general re-assessment includes all the services listed for a general assessment, with the exception of the patient's history, which need not include all the details already obtained in the original assessment. This service applies to patients in non-emergency settings such as Chronic Care Hospitals, Convalescent Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Homes for the Aged, and designated chronic or convalescent care beds in hospitals, excluding patients in designated palliative care beds.
The medical record must support the service as a general re-assessment, which requires a full, relevant history and physical examination of one or more systems (see ).
The record must document that the patient was re-admitted after a minimum 3-day stay in another institution.
This code is listed under NON-EMERGENCY LONG-TERM CARE IN-PATIENT SERVICES.
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