E100

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P016C time units for maintenance of obstetrical epidural anaesthesia are calculated on the basis of 1
unit for each ½ hour of time to a maximum of 12 units per patient, per physician, per day.
E100C time units for attendance at delivery are calculated on the basis of 4 base units and 1 unit for
each ¼ hour

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OBSTETRICS
 OBSTETRICAL ANAESTHESIA
                                                                                                   Asst   Surg   Anae
# P013       Obstetrical anaesthesia ...........................................................           -      6
       Continuous conduction anaesthesia - see General Preamble GP95
# P014C  - introduction of catheter for labour analgesia, including the
           first dose of medication with or without any combined spinal-
           epidural injection(s) .............................................................             -      7
# P016C - maintenance of obstetrical epidural anaesthesia (one unit for
           each ½ hour to a maximum of 12) ......................................                          -
# E100C attendance at delivery .............................................................               -      4

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Payment rules:
         1.Anaesthesia extra units listed on GP97 are not eligible for payment with P014C except for
           E010C, E022C and E017C.
         2.Z804 is not eligible for payment with P014C or P016C.
         3.Anaesthesia extra units listed on GP97 are not eligible for payment with P016C or E100C.
         4.E100C time units are payable for time spent in constant attendance at delivery, exclusive of
           time spent engaged in any separately payable services except for P016C. Start and stop
           times must be recorded in the patient’s permanent medical record.
         5.E100C time units for attendance at delivery are calculated as 4 basic units and 1 unit for
           each ¼ hour.
         6.In instances where more than one anaesthesiologist is required to provide maintenance of
           obstetrical epidural anaesthesia sequentially, P016C is limited to a maximum of 12 units per
           patient, per physician, per day.
         [Commentary:
         Anaesthesia extra units listed on GP97 are eligible for payment with other C-suffix anaesthesia
         service rendered the same day as P014C/P016C/E100C, unless otherwise listed.]
         Medical record requirements:
         Where P016C is claimed by more than one anaesthesiologist per patient, per day, the medical
         records must document that care was provided by each anaesthesiologist sequentially.

Master, record 930. Record Layout PDF, page 1.

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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.