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A933, C933
On-call Admission General Assessment $75.00
These new fee codes are payable under specified circumstances, for non-elective
inpatient admissions, provided through an emergency department or on transfer from another
hospital or long-term care facility, by a family or general practitioner who participates
in the hospital's on-call roster. The physician must be the most responsible physician
with respect to subsequent in-patient care following the admission. The fees are payable
for the first admission per patient, per 30-day period. Additional on-call admission
general assessments for the same patient, by the same or different physician, per 30-day
period, are payable as a general re-assessment.
Assessment codes paid at rates comparable to General Assessments and Intermediate
Assessments
The payment amounts for the following fee codes will be increased to $52.50 to be
consistent with the fee for a Family Practice & Practice-in-General General
Assessment, A003.
| A/C/W903 |
Pre-dental/pre-operative general
assessment |
| C003 |
General assessment of
non-emergency hospital in-patient |
| W102 |
Family Practice admission
assessment - Long Term Institutional Care |
| W109 |
Family Practice annual physical
examination - Long Term Institutional Care |
| K269 |
Pediatrics annual health
examination - Adolescent |
| H262 |
Pediatrics low birthweight baby
care - Initial visit |
| W562 |
Pediatrics admission assessment -
Long Term Institutional Care |
| W272 |
Geriatrics admission assessment -
Long Term Institutional Care |
| W279 |
Geriatrics annual physical
examination – Long Term Institutional Care |
| W232 |
Internal Medicine admission
assessment - Long Term Institutional Care |
| W239 |
Internal Medicine annual physical
examination - Long Term Institutional Care |
| W419 |
Physical Medicine annual physical
examination - Long Term Institutional Care |
| W512 |
Physical Medicine admission
assessment - Long Term Institutional Care |
The payment amounts for
the following fee codes will be increased to $26.50 to be consistent with the fee for a
Family Practice & Practice-in-General Intermediate Assessment, A007.
| A/C/W777 |
Intermediate assessment -
pronouncement of death |
| K033 |
Individual counseling |
| K041 |
Group counseling |
The payment amount for
the following fee code will be increased to $27.00 to maintain relativity with the fee for
a Family Practice & Practice-in-General Intermediate Assessment, A007.
| A888 |
Partial assessment at an
emergency department equivalent |
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