In the case of an injured employee, the relevant consultation fee is payable by the employee.) In the case of a general practitioner "timely' shall mean two hours and in the case of a specialist 24 hours prior to the appointment. [...] These basic anaesthetic units reflect the anaesthetic risk, the technical skill required of the anaesthesiologisVanaesthetist and the scope of the surgical procedure, but exclude the value of the actual time spent administering the anaesthetic. [...] The anaesthesiologisVanaesthetist must record the exact anaesthesia time and the additional time spent supervising the patient on the account submitted 0027 More than one procedure under the same anaesthesia: Where more than one operation is performed under the same anaesthesia, the basic anaesthetic units will be that of the operation/procedure with the highest number of anaesthetic units units 0. [...] Calculate fees for the second foot in the same way, reduce the total by 50% and add to the total for the first toot 0058 Revision operation for total joint replacement and immediate re- substitution (infected or non -infected): Units as for the procedure(s) + 100% of the units as for the total revision procedure (the units for modifier 0058 equals 100% of the procedure(s) performed plus appropriat. [...] (i) If a general practitioner ordered an X -ray examination at a provincial hospital where the services of a specialist radiologist are available, it is expected that the radiologist shall read the photographs for which he is entitled to one third of the prescribed fee (ii) If the radiographer of the hospital was not available and the general practitioner had to take the X -ray photographs himself.
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