E006

PDF page 104 / GP90

Payment rules:
  1. If the procedure is cancelled prior to induction of anaesthesia, the service constitutes a
     subsequent hospital visit.
  2. When an anaesthetic has begun but the operation is cancelled due to a complication prior to
     commencement of surgery and the assistant has scrubbed but is not required to do anything
     further, the service is payable as E006B with the actual number of time units added to 6 basic
     units for this service.
      [Commentary:
      If the operation is cancelled after surgery has commenced, the amount payable is calculated
      by adding the listed procedural basic units plus time units and multiplying the total by the unit
      fee listed at the start of this section.]

PDF page 109 / GP95

Payment rules:
  1. If an anaesthesiologist examines a patient prior to surgery and the surgery is cancelled prior to
     the induction of anaesthesia, the service rendered constitutes a hospital subsequent visit.
    2. When an anaesthetic has begun but the operation is cancelled prior to commencement of
       surgery, the service constitutes E006C with the actual number of time units added to 6 basic
       units for this service.
          [Commentary:
          If the operation is cancelled after surgery has commenced, the amount payable is calculated by
          adding the listed procedural basic units plus time units and multiplying the total by the unit fee.]

PDF page 549 / SP7

E673 is payable to the surgeon in addition to the fee for the major intra-abdominal procedure
        when at least 60 minutes of operative time is spent performing adhesiolysis. Adhesiolysis of
        less than 60 minutes is included in the fee for the major intra-abdominal procedure.
# E673 Lysis of extensive intra-abdominal adhesions .................. add               124.10
    26. Payment for all surgical procedures includes payment for any intraoperative monitoring of the
        patient, if rendered.
    27. Cancelled surgery – surgical services
        a. If the procedure is cancelled prior to induction of anaesthesia, the service constitutes a
           subsequent hospital visit.
        b. When an anaesthetic has begun but the operation is cancelled due to a complication prior to
           commencement of surgery and the surgeon has scrubbed but is not required to do anything
           further, the service constitutes E006A and the amount payable is calculated by adding the
           time units to 6 basic units and multiplying by the surgical assistant’s unit fee.
        c. If the operation is cancelled after surgery has commenced but prior to its completion, the
           service is eligible for payment under independent consideration (R990).
         [Commentary:
         Submit claim for R990 by adding the time units to the listed procedural basic units and
         multiplying by the surgical assistant’s unit fee and attach a copy of the operative report for
         review by a medical consultant.]
         Note:
         For the purpose of cancelled surgery, time units for the surgeon are calculated in the same way
         as time units for the surgical assistant (see General Preamble GP85).

Master, record 873. Record Layout PDF, page 1.

E00620260401999999990000000000000000774600000000000000000095760000000957600

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.