Governing Rules:

• 6.8.1

  HSCs with a designated category code of 1 and 15 include related post-operative services and those with a designated category code of 3, 4, 6 and 14 include both related pre-operative and post-operative services.

  1. a consultation benefit may be claimed up to and including the day of surgery.
  2. pre-operative hospital care may be claimed by the physician who performs the surgery if information is submitted to show that conservative treatment was attempted before surgery was performed.
  3. benefits may be claimed as applicable for complications occurring during or following post-operative time periods.
  4. Deleted
  5. HSC 03.04R may be claimed in the pre-operative time frame when all conditions in the notes have been met.

  The following chart gives the pre-operative and post-operative periods.

  Category	Pre-operative	Post-operative
  1	0 - Days	14 - Days
  3	7 - Days	7 - Days
  4	7 - Days	14 - Days
  6	14 - Days	14 - Days
  14	30 - Days	14 - Days
  15	0 - Days	7 - Days

• 14.1

  A major tray service benefit may be claimed for the following procedures only when they are performed in a location other than a nursing home, general or auxiliary hospital, AACC, UCC or a facility which has a contract with a regional health authority to provide any of these insured services.

  01.03	01.04A	01.05A	01.24A	01.24B	01.24BA
  01.24BB	01.34	02.84A	02.84B	03.22B	03.25
  07.53B	07.53D	07.53E	07.57A

  12.31

  13.59C

  17.08A

  17.81A

  21.42	21.69A	22.13A	22.13B	22.13C	22.5 A
  22.51A	22.62A	22.71	22.81	25.1 A	25.29A
  25.39D

  32.01A	32.81	33.02A	33.22B	34.0 A	34.1 A
  34.89A	37.82A	38.89A	39.21A	39.62A	39.83A
  39.83A

  40.92A 46.91

  50.4 A

  50.97A

  52.1 A

  52.11A

  52.13

  56.93B

  60.24C	61.01B	61.03	61.29B	61.37A	61.39B
  66.91A

  70.1

  70.5 A

  72.91

  75.64

  79.23A

  79.29E

  82.81A	82.91A	83.7 A	87.3	87.55A	89.37A
  89.37B	89.41A	89.41B	89.42A

  93.39B	93.39C	95.02A	95.09A	95.81A	97.11B
  97.83A	97.89B	98.04A	98.6 A	98.6 B	98.12A
  98.12B	98.12C	98.12H	98.12J	98.12M	98.12N
  98.12Q	98.12R	98.12T	98.14A	98.22A	98.22B
  98.81A	98.96A	98.96B	98.96C	98.96D

• 14.3 MULTIPLE TRAY SERVICE

  If multiple procedures listed under GRs 14.1 and 14.2 are performed during the same encounter in a location other than a nursing home, general or auxiliary hospital, AACC, UCC or a facility which has a contract with a regional health authority to provide any of these insured services, the following applies:

• 14.3.1

  For the same anatomical area (example - 3 moles removed from the face), only one tray may be claimed except when the condition relates to suspected cancer or infection, in which case, if required, additional tray(s) may be claimed at 50%.

• 14.3.2

  For different anatomical areas, the tray for the initial procedure may be claimed at 100% and if required, the tray for each additional procedure may be claimed at 50%.

• 14.3.3

  Benefits for additional trays may not exceed the benefit listed for one major tray.