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W882A — Palliative Care Assessment - GP, chronic care/rehab

Chronic care palliative care visit

Bill as most responsible physician for a palliative care visit to a patient in a chronic care or convalescent hospital.

Watch for: Patients in a designated palliative care bed are billed as C882 or C982 instead.

Code

W882A

Description

Palliative Care Assessment - GP, chronic care/rehab

FHO+ basket

Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).

Effective date

Apr 1, 2026

Termination date

No end date

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Visit by the most responsible physician to give palliative care to a patient in a chronic care or convalescent hospital.

What it covers

A palliative care assessment is any routine assessment by the MRP to provide palliative care, for a patient who is not in a designated palliative care bed (GP50). W882 is the Family Practice code for these visits in a chronic care or convalescent hospital (A19).

Palliative care means care for a terminally ill patient in the final year of life, with no aggressive treatment of the underlying disease and care aimed at comfort until death (GP5).

Billing rules

• Rendered by the MRP (GP50).
• Patients in a designated palliative care bed, in any type of facility, are billed as C882 or C982 instead (GP50).
• Not palliative care when a patient dies unexpectedly after a long stay for an unrelated diagnosis (GP50).
• For 20 minutes or more of palliative support, K023 may be billed instead (A2; OMA palliative guide p.9).
• FHO: a Schedule 2A code (Agreement p.86) and counts toward the palliative care special payment (Agreement p.66 §8.6).

Related codes: W872, C882, W002, K023, W982

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Consultations and Visits, Family Practice & Practice in General (00), page A19; rules GP50.

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