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CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS
 FAMILY PRACTICE & PRACTICE IN GENERAL (00)
          Payment rules:
          1.For definitions and payment rules - see General Preamble GP21.
          2.E089 is only eligible for payment when the patient’s gender identity is documented in the
            patient’s medical record.
     Emergency department equivalent - partial assessment
       An emergency department equivalent - partial assessment is an assessment rendered in an
       emergency department equivalent on a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday for the purpose of dealing
       with an emergency.
   A888 Emergency department equivalent - partial assessment ........              44.55
       [Commentary:
       For services described by emergency department equivalent - partial assessment, the only fee
       code payable is A888.]
          Payment rules:
          1.Hypnotherapy or counselling rendered to the same patient by the same physician on the
            same day as A888 are not eligible for payment.
          2.No premiums are payable for a service rendered in an emergency department equivalent.

Master, record 927. Record Layout PDF, page 1.

E08920260401999999990000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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.