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W872
W872 – Nursing home or home for the aged - palliative care
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
A subsequent visit for the provision of palliative care to a patient in a long-term care institution. This service applies to patients in chronic care hospitals, convalescent hospitals, nursing homes, homes for the aged, and designated chronic or convalescent care beds in hospitals, but not to patients in designated palliative care beds (who are covered by C882/C982).
Palliative care is defined as 'care provided to a terminally ill patient in the final year of life where the decision has been made that there will be no aggressive treatment of the underlying disease and care is to be directed to maintaining the comfort of the patient until death occurs' (Source: ).
As an assessment, this service includes all specific elements of assessments (Source: ), such as a direct physical encounter, history taking, physical examination, arranging related procedures, and providing advice to the patient. It also includes all common elements applicable to insured services (Source: , ).
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