A070

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CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS
GERIATRICS (07)
   GENERAL LISTINGS
 A075 Consultation............................................................................               223.30
 A070 Consultation in association with special visit to a hospital
        in-patient, long-term care in-patient or emergency
        department patient .............................................................                     255.85
       Claims submission instructions:
       Submit claim using A070 and the appropriate special visit premium beginning with "C" prefix for
       a hospital in-patient, “W” prefix for a long-term care in-patient or “K” prefix for an emergency
       department patient.
     Comprehensive geriatric consultation
       A comprehensive geriatric consultation is a consultation performed by a physician with a
       certificate of special competence in Geriatrics on a patient:
      a. at least 65 years of age; or
      b. when the consultation is for the assessment of dementia; and
     where the physician spends a minimum of 75 minutes in direct contact with the patient,
     exclusive of time spent rendering any other separately billable intervention to the patient.
 A775 Comprehensive geriatric consultation.....................................      342.25
     [Commentary:
     A775 is eligible for payment when the consultation is for the assessment of dementia
     regardless of the patient's age.]
       Medical record requirements:
       The service is eligible for payment only if start and stop times of the service are recorded in the
       patient's permanent medical record.
       Payment rules:
       A comprehensive geriatric consultation is only eligible for payment if this service has not been
       rendered on the same patient by the same consultant within the previous 2 years.
     Extended comprehensive geriatric consultation
       An extended comprehensive geriatric consultation is a consultation performed by a physician
       with a certificate of special competence in geriatrics on a patient:
      a. at least 65 years of age; or
      b. when the consultation is for the assessment of dementia; and
     where the physician spends a minimum of 90 minutes in direct contact with the patient,
     exclusive of time spent rendering any other separately billable intervention to the patient.
 A770 Extended comprehensive geriatric consultation ....................             442.40
     [Commentary:
      A770 is eligible for payment when the consultation is for the assessment of dementia
     regardless of the patient's age.]
       Medical record requirements:
       The service is eligible for payment only if start and stop times of the service are recorded in the
       patient's permanent medical record.
       Payment rules:
       An extended comprehensive geriatric consultation is only eligible for payment if this service has
       not been rendered on the same patient by the same consultant within the previous 2 years.

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