C945

Special palliative care consultation - subject to the same conditions as A945

Fee

ComponentValue
Provider fee$174.25
Schedule and sources
Fee edition
October 1, 2026
Record effective
2026-04-01
Schedule edition
July 22, 2026; effective July 1, 2026
Official files

PDF page 140 / A12

Special palliative care consultation - subject to the same conditions as A945 ............................................................. 174.25
Passages mentioning C945

PDF page 129 / A1

Consultations and VisitsJ uly 22, 2026 (effective July 1, 2026)
                                                                  CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS
      FAMILY PRACTICE & PRACTICE IN GENERAL (00)
                 GENERAL LISTINGS
               A005 Consultation............................................................................               95.60
                 Special family and general practice consultation
                   This service is a consultation rendered by a GP/FP physician who provides all the elements of
                   a consultation and spends a minimum of 50 minutes in direct contact with the patient, exclusive
                   of time spent rendering any other separately billable intervention to the patient.
               A911 Special family and general practice consultation....................            164.95
                 Comprehensive family and general practice consultation
                   This service is a consultation rendered by a GP/FP physician who provides all the elements of
                   a consultation and 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.
               A912 Comprehensive family and general practice consultation ......                   247.40
                   Payment rules:
                   1.For A911 and A912, the start and stop times must be recorded in the patient’s permanent
                     medical record or the amount payable for the service will be adjusted to a lesser paying fee.
                                            2.No other consultation, assessment, visit or counselling service is eligible for payment when
                                              rendered the same day as one of A911 or A912 to the same patient by the same physician.
                                            [Commentary:
                                            1.A911 and A912 must satisfy all the elements of a consultation (see page GP16).
                                            2.Unless otherwise specified in the Schedule, the calculation of the 50 minute and 75 minute
                                              minimum for special and comprehensive consultations respectively excludes (1) time
                                              devoted to any other service or procedure for which an amount is payable in addition to the
                                              consultation and (2) non-patient-facing time such as such as time spent reviewing charts,
                                              imaging, or documentation, etc.]
                 Special palliative care consultation
                   A special palliative care consultation is a consultation requested because of the need for
                   specialized management for palliative care where the physician spends a minimum of 50
                   minutes in direct contact with the patient and/or patient's representative/family in consultation
                   (majority of time must be spent in consultation with the patient) exclusive of time spent
                   rendering any other separately billable intervention to the patient. In addition to the general
                   requirements for a consultation, the service includes a psychosocial assessment,
                   comprehensive review of pharmacotherapy, appropriate counselling and consideration of
                   appropriate community services, where indicated.
               A945 Special palliative care consultation.........................................    174.25
                   Payment rules:
                   1.Start and stop times must be recorded in the patient’s permanent medical record or the
                     amount payable for the service will be adjusted to a lesser paying fee.
                                            2.When the duration of a palliative care consultation (A945 or C945) exceeds 50 minutes, one
                                              or more units of K023 are payable in addition to A945 or C945, provided that the minimum
                                              time requirements for K023 are met. The time periods for A945 or C945 and K023 are
                                              mutually exclusive (i.e. the start time for determination of minimum time requirements for
                                              K023 occurs 50 minutes after start time for A945 or C945).

PDF page 130 / A2

Payment rules:
     1.With the exception of A945/C945, any other services listed under the "Family Practice &
       Practice in General" in the "Consultations and Visits" section of the Schedule are not eligible
       for payment when rendered with this service.
     2.Start and stop times must be recorded in the patient's permanent medical record or the
       service will be adjusted to a lesser paying fee.
     3.When the duration of A945 or C945 exceeds 50 minutes, one or more units of K023 are
       payable in addition to A945 or C945, provided that the minimum time requirements for K023
       units occurs 50 minutes after the start time for A945 or C945.
     4.This service is claimed in units. Unit means ½ hour or major part thereof - see General
       Preamble GP7, GP55 for definitions and time-keeping requirements.
   Special Medical Assistance in Dying consultation
     A special Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) consultation is a consultation conducted for the
     purpose of assessing the eligibility for MAID in a patient who has submitted a written request
     for MAID. This service is a consultation rendered by a physician who provides all the elements
     of a consultation and spends a minimum of fifty (50) minutes of direct contact with the patient
     exclusive of time spent rendering any other separately billable intervention to the patient. A320
     includes the preparation and transmission of all necessary documentation.
 A320 Special Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) consultation ......                  174.25
     Payment rules:
     1.Start and stop times must be recorded in the patient’s permanent medical record.
     2.When the duration of a special MAID consultation (A320 or C320) exceeds 50 minutes, one
       or more units of K321 are payable in addition to A320 or C320, provided that the minimum
       time requirements for K321 are met. The time periods for A320 or C320 and K321 are
       mutually exclusive (i.e. the start time for determination of minimum time requirements for
       K321 occurs 50 minutes after start time for A320 or C320).
   Medical Assistance in Dying support
     Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) support is a time-based service payable for providing
     MAID assessment, support and counselling to patients requesting MAID, and provision of
     MAID by a physician. MAID support is only eligible for payment when rendered personally by
     the physician.
 K321 Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) support...............per unit           85.25

PDF page 140 / A12

Non-Emergency Hospital In-Patient Services
     See General Preamble GP40 to GP48. For emergency calls and other special visits to in-
     patients, use General Listings and Premiums when applicable - see General Preamble GP65 to
     GP78.
 C005 Consultation............................................................................  95.60
 C911 Special family and general practice consultation - subject to the
          same conditions as A911....................................................          164.95
 C912 Comprehensive family and general practice consultation -
          subject to the same conditions as A912 .............................                 247.40
 C945 Special palliative care consultation - subject to the same
          conditions as A945 .............................................................     174.25
 C320 Special Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) consultation -
          subject to the same conditions as A320 .............................                 174.25
 C905 Limited consultation ................................................................     81.25
 C006 Repeat consultation ................................................................      47.10
 C003 General assessment...............................................................         89.65
 C004 General re-assessment ..........................................................          38.35
 C813 Midwife or Aboriginal Midwife-Requested Assessment -
        subject to the same conditions as A813 .............................                                 111.70
 C815 Midwife or Aboriginal Midwife-Requested Special Assessment
        - subject to the same conditions as A815...........................                                  186.95
 C933 On-call admission assessment - subject to the same conditions
        as A933 ..............................................................................                 82.00
 C777 Intermediate assessment - Pronouncement of death - subject
         to the same conditions as A777 .........................................                              44.55
 C771 Certification of death - subject to the same conditions as A771                                          24.20

PDF page 194 / A66

CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS
VIRTUAL CARE SERVICES
   DEFINITIONS:
    For the purposes of this section of the Schedule only, the following Definitions apply:
     Comprehensive Virtual Care Service means a Virtual Care Service rendered where an
     Existing/Ongoing Patient-Physician Relationship exists, and in the physicians’ professional
     opinion in accordance with accepted professional standards and practice, the person's care
     and support requirements can be effectively and appropriately delivered by Video or
     Telephone.
     Existing/Ongoing Patient-Physician Relationship means:
 1. Where a physician is providing a Virtual Care Service to a patient where there has been at least
    one insured service with a direct physical encounter between the patient and that physician
    (Family and General Practice Physician or specialist) in the preceding 24-months; or
 2. Where a physician is providing a Virtual Care Service to a patient who has signed the MOH’s
    Patient Enrollment and Consent to Release Personal Health Information form and is enrolled to
    that physician or another physician within the same group (who is signatory/locum to a MOH
    alternate funding plan agreement); or
 3. Where a specialist or GP Focused Practice Physician is providing a consultation by Video set
    out in Appendix J – Section 1, or has provided any such consultation in the preceding 24-
    months to that patient; or
     [Commentary:
     Where the visit leading to the referral for consultation has occurred virtually, it would be
     expected that the referring physician has an established relationship with the patient and that
     the clinical issue leading to the referral has been assessed in-person within the previous 12-
     months.]
     [Commentary:
     Where a physician who has been paid for a consultation for the patient for the same diagnosis
     makes a request for a referral for ongoing management of the patient, the service rendered
     following the referral is not payable as a consultation, unless the request for referral, if the
     referral is made, allows for an ongoing patient physician relationship in the context of a
     consultation by Video.]
 4. Where a physician provides any of the following services, or has provided any of the following
    services in the preceding 24-months:
            •   A920 – Medical management of early pregnancy - initial service by Video or
                Telephone,
            •   A945/C945 – Special palliative care consultation by Video,
            •   A320/C320 - Special Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) consultation by Video,
            •   A680/C680 – Initial assessment - substance abuse by Video,
            •   A814, A817, A818 – Midwife or Aboriginal Midwife-Requested Assessments
                (MRAs) by Video,
            •   A802 – Extended midwife or Aboriginal Midwife-requested genetic assessment by
                Video,

PDF page 826 / AJ2

APPENDIX J
VIDEO ONLY
     A010A, A011A, A015A, A016A, A021A, A025A, A026A, A035A, A036A,
     A045A, A046A, A050A, A055A, A056A, A065A, A066A, A075A, A076A,
     A085A, A086A, A095A, A096A, A116A, A130A, A135A, A136A, A150A,
     A155A, A156A, A160A, A165A, A166A, A175A, A176A, A180A, A185A,
     A186A, A190A, A191A, A192A, A195A, A196A, A197A, A198A, A205A,
     A206A, A210A, A220A, A223A, A225A, A226A, A235A, A236A, A245A,
     A246A, A253A, A255A, A256A, A260A, A265A, A266A, A275A, A285A,
     A286A, A315A, A316A, A320A, A325A, A335A, A345A, A346A, A355A,
     A356A, A365A, A375A, A385A, A395A, A400A, A405A, A415A, A416A,
     A425A, A435A, A445A, A446A, A460A, A465A, A466A, A470A, A475A,
     A476A, A485A, A486A, A515A, A525A, A545A, A565A, A575A, A580A,
     A586A, A590A, A595A, A600A, A605A, A606A, A615A, A616A, A625A,
     A626A, A635A, A636A, A645A, A646A, A655A, A662A, A665A, A667A,
     A675A, A680A, A682A, A695A, A710A, A715A, A720A, A725A, A726A,
     A735A, A745A, A770A, A775A, A795A, A800A, A801A, A802A, A814A,
     A817A, A818A, A835A, A845A, A865A, A906A, A913A, A914A, A915A,
     A925A, A935A, A945A, C010A, C013A, C014A, C015A, C016A,
     C020A, C023A, C024A, C025A, C026A, C033A, C034A, C035A, C036A,
     C043A, C044A, C045A, C046A, C051A, C053A, C054A, C055A, C063A,
     C064A, C065A, C066A, C071A, C073A, C074A, C075A, C076A, C083A,
     C084A, C085A, C086A, C093A, C094A, C095A, C096A, C111A, C113A,
     C114A, C116A, C130A, C131A, C133A, C134A, C135A, C136A, C150A,
     C151A, C153A, C154A, C155A, C156A, C160A, C161A, C163A, C164A,
     C165A, C166A, C173A, C174A, C175A, C176A, C180A, C181A, C183A,
     C184A, C185A, C186A, C190A, C193A, C194A, C196A, C203A, C204A,
     C205A, C206A, C210A, C220A, C223A, C225A, C226A, C233A, C234A,
     C235A, C236A, C243A, C244A, C245A, C246A, C255A, C260A, C263A,
     C264A, C265A, C266A, C270A, C275A, C283A, C285A, C286A, C311A,
     C313A, C314A, C315A, C316A, C320A, C325A, C335A, C341A, C343A,
     C344A, C345A, C346A, C353A, C354A, C355A, C356A, C365A, C375A,
     C385A, C395A, C411A, C413A, C414A, C415A, C416A, C425A, C435A,
     C441A, C443A, C444A, C445A, C446A, C460A, C461A, C463A, C464A,
     C465A, C466A, C470A, C471A, C473A, C474A, C475A, C476A, C480A,
     C481A, C483A, C484A, C485A, C486A, C510A, C511A, C515A, C545A,
     C565A, C570A, C575A, C580A, C585A, C586A, C590A, C595A, C600A,
     C601A, C603A, C604A, C605A, C606A, C611A, C613A, C614A, C615A,
     C616A, C623A, C624A, C625A, C626A, C635A, C643A, C644A, C645A,
     C646A, C655A, C661A, C662A, C665A, C667A, C675A, C680A, C682A,
     C695A, C720A, C721A, C723A, C724A, C725A, C726A, C710A, C713A,
     C715A, C735A, C745A, C760A, C770A, C775A, C795A, C845A, C865A,
     C895A, C915A, C925A, C935A, C945A, K630A, W025A, W026A,
     W075A, W076A, W130A, W150A, W155A, W156A, W165A, W185A,
     W190A, W196A, W235A, W236A, W275A, W310A, W355A, W356A,
     W375A, W395A, W425A, W435A, W465A, W466A, W510A, W511A,
     W515A, W516A, W535A, W720A, W725A, W726A, W770A, W775A,
     W795A, W895A, W925A
Fee master record

Master, record 804. Record Layout PDF, page 1.

C94520260401999999990000174250000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Auxiliary master fields are preserved as raw scaled values. The linked layout calls them zero-filled, but this edition contains non-zero values. They are not presented as final dollar fees or PDF units.

FieldRaw / scale 10,000
provider00001742500 / 174.25
assistant00000000000 / 0
specialist00000000000 / 0
anaesthetist00000000000 / 0
non anaesthetist00000000000 / 0
Explanation

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Special palliative care consultation, listed under Consultations and Visits in the Non-Emergency Hospital In-Patient Services part of the Family Practice and Practice in General section. It is subject to the same conditions as A945.

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When the duration exceeds 50 minutes, one or more units of K023 are payable in addition, provided the minimum time requirements for K023 are met, and this service is claimed in units, where a unit means half an hour or major part thereof.

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