Family Practice and Practice In General OHIP Fee Code Guide

If you are practicing Family and General Medicine in Ontario knowing which fee codes to use can quickly get confusing. The complexity of submitting claims to OHIP, on top of your already heavy workload, is bound to cause a few headaches.

To help save you time, we’ve put together a ‘Family Practice and Practice In General’ guide of all the available fee codes and when/how to use them. Knowing which codes are available in your speciality is essential in order to make sure you’re getting properly paid for everything you do.

Consultations & Assessments

You can give consultations and assessments in a number of environments such as private offices, walk in clinics, and hospitals for both inpatients and outpatients. Knowing the right code, and how often you can use it, can be the key to maximizing your billing and reducing refusals. 

An assessment is the evaluation of a patient in a location other than their home. It requires taking a full history of the patient (to include the patient’s complaint, their medical history, past past medical history, social history, and a functional inquiry into all body parts and systems), as well as a physician examination or detailed examination of one or more parts/systems. 

A consultation is an assessment but when there’s a written request asking you to see a patient – either from a referring physician or a nurse practitioner who needs your opinion.

Consultations

You can only claim a consultation when it’s been specifically requested by the attending practitioner or NP – this means that on every consultation claim you need to name the referring physician. 

Consultation Guidelines

You are only allowed to give one consultation service to the same patient for the same diagnosis per two consecutive 12 month periods except:

1. When the additional consultation service is a repeat consultation as you’re allowed to see the patient for follow-up care provided by another physician in between visits.
2. When you’ve given a consultation to a patient in any location before but you’ve been asked a second time to see the patient for the same condition. If this is the case then you’ll be able to give a total of two services per two consecutive 12 month periods only if: 

• The second consultation is at a hospital inpatient or a patient in an Emergency Department. 
• The second consultation happens more than 12 months but less than 24 months following the first consultation.

However, if you see a patient for the second time within 12 months but for a completely unrelated diagnosis then you can bill for it. Consultations are limited to one every 12 months for the same diagnosis. 

GP Consultation Fee Codes

A005 Consultation

A911 Special family and general practice consultation
You must spend a minimum of 50 minutes with the patient (exclusive of the time spent providing any other separately billable services). 

A912 Comprehensive family and general practice consultation 

You must spend a minimum of 75 minutes with the patient (exclusive of the time spent providing any other separately billable services). 

A945 Special palliative care consultation 

You can bill this when you spend a minimum of 50 minutes with the patient and/or patient’s representative/family. However the majority of time must be spent in consultation with the patient.

Repeat Consultation 

A006 Repeat consultation

A repeat consultation is an additional consultation given when your patient has the same problem as they had during the first consultation but after they’ve already received care from another physician. 

Limited Consultation

A905 Limited consultation

A limited consultation is a consultation which is less demanding and, in terms of time, normally requires substantially less of your time than a full consultation. Otherwise, a limited consultation has the same requirements as a full consultation. 

H065: Consultation in Emergency Medicine
H105: In-patient interim admission orders

Telephone Consultations

K734: Physician to physician telephone consultation _ Referring physician (Physician on duty in an emergency department or a hospital urgent care clinic)
K735: Physician to physician telephone consultation _ Consultant physician (Physician on duty in an emergency department or a hospital urgent care clinic)

K733: CritiCall telephone consultation _ Consultant physician
K736: CritiCall telephone consultation _ Referring physician (Physician on duty in an emergency department or a hospital urgent care clinic)
K737: CritiCall telephone consultation _ Consultant physician (Physician on duty in an emergency department or a hospital urgent care clinic)
K739: Physician to physician e_consultation

Assessments

An assessment includes a detailed medical history aside from just the presenting issue and full physical exam.

You’re allowed to give general assessments once every 12 months per patient. You may be eligible to claim more than 1 general assessment if:

• You see a patient for a second time for a complaint for which the diagnosis is clearly different and unrelated to the diagnosis made at the time of the first general assessment.
•  At least 90 days have passed since the last general assessment and the second assessment is a hospital admission assessment. 

A003 General assessment
A003 isn’t eligible if you see the patient at home. If it’s a home assessment bill A900 with special visit premiums (when the patient is elderly/frail/housebound). 

A004 General re-assessment
A general re-assessment includes all the services listed for a general assessment, with the exception of the patient’s history, which you don’t need to include as all the details have already been obtained in the original assessment. 

With the exception of general re-assessments provided for hospital admissions (since a patient can be admitted an unlimited amount of times in a year, if needed), these are limited to two per 12 month period, per patient.

A888 Emergency department equivalent (partial assessment)

A partial assessment is the limited service that constitutes a history of the presenting complaint, the necessary physical examination, advice to the patient and appropriate record. It’s different from a full assessment in that a full assessment includes a detailed medical history aside from just the presenting issue and full physical exam.

You can bill for A888 when you see a patient in the emergency department on a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday. It’s not eligible for any premiums. If it’s not on a weekend then bill a regular consult or assessment. A888 is specific to Emerg equivalents (i.e., an office or other place, including Urgent Care Centres, Walk-in Clinics, Extended Hours Clinics, or other settings other than a hospital emergency department) in which the only insured services provided are to patients who do not have pre-arranged appointments. 

A001 Minor assessment  

A minor assessment includes one or both of the following: 

• A brief history and examination of the affected part or region (or related to a mental or emotional disorder). 
• Your brief advice or information regarding the health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment and/or prognosis.
• A001 includes travelling to and from the home so Special Visit Premiums aren’t included. 

A008 Mini assessment

A mini assessment is when an assessment of a patient for an unrelated non-WSIB problem is provided during the same visit as an assessment of a WSIB related problem for which only a minor assessment was given. 

A007 Intermediate assessment or well baby care

An intermediate assessment is a primary care GP service that requires a more extensive examination than a minor assessment but less medical history needed than a general assessment. It requires a history of the presenting complaint, inquiry concerning, and examination of the affected parts, regions, systems, or mental or emotional disorder as needed to make a diagnosis, exclude disease, and/or assess function. 

A007 includes travelling to and from the home so Special Visit Premiums aren’t included.

A900 Complex house call assessment 

A complex house call assessment is for any primary care service that you give in a patient’s home. The patient must be considered either a frail elderly patient or a housebound patient. It must meet all the same requirements as an intermediate assessment.

A933 On-call admission assessment
Eligible for E082 Admission Assessment Premium if you’re the MRP.  You can claim an on-call admission assessment if its the first hospital in-patient general assessment in 30 days if

• You’re a general practitioner or family physician participating in the hospital’s on-call roster (whether or not you’re on-call the day the service is provided).  
• the admission is non-elective 
• You’re the most responsible physician with respect to subsequent in-patient care. 

A100: General/Family physician emergency department assessment

Use A100 when you give an emergency assessment (that satisfies as a minimum the requirements of an intermediate assessment) to a patient when you’re the patient’s general/family physician in an emergency department funded under an Emergency Department Alternative Funding Agreement (ED-AFA).

Substance Abuse Assessments 

A680: Initial assessment _ substance abuse
C680: Initial assessment _ substance abuse _ subject to the same conditions as A680
K680: Substance abuse _ extended assessment (per unit)

Focused Practice Assessment 

Focused practice assessment (FPA) is an assessment provided by a GP/FP if you have additional training and/or experience in sport medicine, allergy, pain management, sleep medicine, addiction medicine (including methadone) or care of the elderly (age 65 or older). The assessment must satisfy, at a minimum, all of the requirements of an intermediate assessment. No other consultation, assessment, visit or counselling service is eligible for payment when provided on the same day as any one of the FPA codes below.

You should be prepared to provide to OHIP any documentation demonstrating training and/or experience (on request).

A917: Sport medicine FPA
A927: Allergy FPA
A937: Pain management FPA
A947: Sleep medicine FPA
A957: Addiction medicine FPA
A967: Care of the elderly FPA

Subsequent Visits 

When seeing patients during rounds, you can claim MRP codes if you are in fact the MRP. If another physician claims the MRP premium as well and their billing is processed first by OHIP your claim will be adjusted accordingly to a lesser amount. 

Special Visit Premiums aren’t eligible with subsequent visits since subsequent visits aren’t urgent.

As the MRP though, you can bill the E083 premium to your codes with the exception of C121 (C121 is billed after subsequent visits reach their maximum which makes it not eligible for the subsequent visit premium).

Subsequent visits

C002: first five weeks

C007: sixth to thirteenth week inclusive (maximum 3 per patient per week)

C009: after thirteenth week (maximum 6 per patient per month)

C121: Additional visits due to intercurrent illness 

C008: Concurrent care

C010: Supportive care

C882: Palliative care

Subsequent visits by the Most Responsible Physician (MRP) 

C122: day following the hospital admission assessment

C123: second day following the hospital assessment

C124: day of discharge

C142: first subsequent visit by the MRP following transfer from an Intensive Care Area

C143: second subsequent visit by the MRP following transfer from an Intensive Care Area

Long Term Care Patients (nursing home, LTC within a hospital)

W105: Consultation – Long-Term Care In-Patient

W911: Special family and general practice consultation _ subject to the same conditions as A911

W912: Comprehensive family and general practice consultation _ subject to the same conditions as A912

W106: Repeat consultation

W102: Admission assessment – Type 1

W104: Admission assessment – Type 2

W107: Admission assessment – Type 3

W109: Periodic health visit

W777:  Intermediate assessment _ Pronouncement of death _ subject to the same conditions as A777

W771: Certification of death _ subject to same conditions as A771

W004: General re_assessment of patient in nursing home (per the Nursing Homes Act) 

W903: Pre_dental/pre_operative general assessment (maximum of 2 per 12 month period)

W904: Pre_dental/pre_operative assessment

W002: Chronic care or convalescent hospital – first 4 subsequent visits per patient per month (per visit)

W001: Chronic care or convalescent hospital – additional subsequent visits (maximum 4 per patient per month) per visit

W882: Chronic care or convalescent hospital – palliative care (see General Preamble GP34) per visit

W003: Nursing home or home for the aged – first 2 subsequent visits per patient per month (per visit)

W008: Nursing home or home for the aged – additional subsequent visits (maximum 2 per patient per month) per visit

W872: Nursing home or home for the aged – palliative care (see General Preamble GP34) per visit

W121: Additional visits due to intercurrent illness per visit

W010: Monthly management fee (per patient per month)

K124: Long term care/CCAC case (per unit)

K705: Long term care high risk patient conference (per unit)

Non-Emergency Hospital In-Patient Services

As a Family Practitioner you can provide services to inpatients admitted to a facility. For these claims the Service Location Indicator should always be HIP (Hospital-in-patient), and the facility number should reflect Acute Care. While the requirements for consultations and assessments remain the same, for inpatient services make sure the service code prefix is C.

C005 Consultation

C911 Special family and general practice consultation
subject to the same conditions as A911

C912 Comprehensive family and general practice consultation
subject to the same conditions as A912

C945 Special palliative care consultation
subject to the same conditions as A945

C905 Limited consultation

C006 Repeat consultation

C003 General assessment

C004 General re-assessment

C813 Midwife-Requested Assessment
subject to the same conditions as A813

C815 Midwife-Requested Special Assessment
subject to the same conditions as A815
C816: Midwife-Requested Anaesthesiologist Assessment (MRAA) – subject to the same conditions as A816
C903:
Pre-dental/pre-operative general assessment (maximum of 2 per 12 month period)

C904: Pre-dental/pre-operative assessment

C933: On-call admission assessment – subject to the same conditions as A933

C777: Intermediate assessment – Pronouncement of death 

Emergency Department H codes

H codes are only to be used for care provided in the emergency department.

H065: Consultation in Emergency Medicine

H105: In-patient interim admission orders

H101: Minor assessment – Monday to Friday – Daytime (08:00h to 17:00h)

H104: Re-assessment – Monday to Friday – Daytime (08:00h to 17:00h)

H132: Comprehensive assessment and care – Monday to Friday – Evenings (17:00h to 24:00h)

H133: Multiple systems assessment – Monday to Friday – Evenings (17:00h to 24:00h)

H131: Minor assessment – Monday to Friday – Evenings (17:00h to 24:00h)

H134: Re-assessment – Monday to Friday – Evenings (17:00h to 24:00h)

H152: Comprehensive assessment and care – Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays – Daytime and Evenings (08:00h to 24:00h)

H153: Multiple systems assessment – Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays – Daytime and Evenings (08:00h to 24:00h)

H151: Minor assessment – Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays – Daytime and Evenings (08:00h to 24:00h)

H153: Multiple systems assessment – Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays – Daytime and Evenings (08:00h to 24:00h)

H151: Minor assessment – Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays – Daytime and Evenings (08:00h to 24:00h)

H154:: Re-assessment – Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays – Daytime and Evenings (08:00h to 24:00h)

H122: Comprehensive assessment and care – Nights (00:00h to 08:00h)

H123: Multiple systems assessment – Nights (00:00h to 08:00h)

H121: Minor assessment – Nights (00:00h to 08:00h)

H124: Re-assessment – Nights (00:00h to 08:00h)

H112: Other service rendered by Emergency Department Physician in premium hours – nights (00:00h to 08:00h)

H113: Other service rendered by Emergency Department Physician in premium hours – daytime and evenings (08:00h to 24:00h) on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays

H100: Emergency department investigative ultrasound

Periodic Health Visit

A periodic health visit (including a primary or secondary school examination) is performed on a patient, after their second birthday, who presents and reveals no apparent physical or mental illness. The service must include an intermediate assessment, a level 2 paediatric assessment or a partial assessment focusing on age and gender appropriate history, physical examination, health screening and relevant counselling. 

These are limited to one per patient per 12 month period. 

K017 child

K130 adolescent

K131 adult age 18 to 64 inclusive

K132 adult 65 years of age and older
A002 Enhanced 18 month well baby visit  (must be 17-24 months of age)

Claim A002 when you see a child between 17-24 months of age for all of the following services:

• Services defined as “well baby care.”
  
  Well baby care is a periodic assessment of a well newborn/infant during the first two years of life. It includes a complete examination with weight and measurements, and instructions to the parent(s) regarding health care.
• An 18 month age-appropriate developmental screen 
• Review with the patient’s parent/guardian, legal representative or other caregiver of a brief standardized tool (completed by the patient’s parent/guardian, legal representative or other caregiver) that aids the identification of children at risk of a developmental disorder 

Eye examinations

A115 Major eye examination

As a General Practitioner you are eligible to provide a major eye exam once every 12 months for patients who have one of the following diagnosis:

glaucoma  

cataract  

retinal disease  

amblyopia  

visual field defects 

corneal disease 

strabismus 

recurrent uveitis  

optic pathway disease

OR

If your patient has a valid “request for eye examination requisition” completed by another physician or by a registered nurse holding an extended certificate of registration (RN(EC)).

A110: Periodic oculo-visual assessment – aged 19 years and below
A112: Periodic oculo-visual assessment – aged 65 years and above

A Periodic oculo-visual assessment is an examination of the eye and vision system that you give primarily to determine if your patient has a simple refractive error (defined as myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia, anisometropia or astigmatism) for patients aged 19 or less, or aged 65 or more.

A110/A112 includes all components required to perform the assessment (ordinarily a history of the presenting complaint, past medical history, visual acuity examination, ocular mobility examination, slit lamp examination of the anterior segment, ophthalmoscopy, tonometry) advice and/or instruction to the patient and provision of a written refractive prescription if required.

E077: Identification of patient for a major eye examination

Identification of patient for a major eye examination, is the service of determining that a patient aged 20 to 64 inclusive has a medical condition (other than diabetes mellitus, glaucoma, cataract, retinal disease, amblyopia, visual field defects, corneal disease, strabismus, recurrent uveitis or optic pathway disease) requiring a major eye examination and providing such a patient with a completed requisition.

Midwife-requested Assessments & Delivery

A813 Midwife-Requested Assessment (MRA)
This is an assessment of a mother or newborn upon the written request of a midwife because of the complex, obscure or serious nature of the patient’s problem. Urgent or emergency requests may be initiated verbally but must subsequently be requested in writing. 

A815 Midwife-Requested Special Assessment (MRSA)
Maximum 1 per patient, per pregnancy.
A815 must include constituent elements of A813, specifically the common elements of a general assessment and you need to submit your findings/opinions and recommendations
Verbally and in writing to both  to the midwife and the patient’s primary care physician, if applicable.

It’s also payable if you’re a family physician or obstetrician. You can claim it for an assessment of a mother or newborn when, because of the very complex, obscure or serious nature of the problem, you spend at least 50 minutes in direct patient contact (exclusive of tests).

Be sure to include the start and stop times on your claim – to show you were with the patient for 50 minutes otherwise the claim won’t be paid and you’ll need to resubmit it under A813. 

Attending A Delivery

As a General Practitioner you are able to bill for being present at a delivery for high risk babies, as well as for newborn care, initial visits and subsequent visits. The following fee codes are eligible: 

H007 Attendance at maternal delivery for care of high risk baby(ies)

• You can only claim H007 if you haven’t billed for any other services at the time of the delivery. 
• You need to be present for the entire delivery.
• It includes an  assessment of the newborn after delivery. 

H001 Newborn care in hospital and/or home

H002 Initial visit (per baby)

H003 Subsequent visit

Certification of Death 

A771, C771 Certification of death

You should only claim A771 (outpatient) or C771 (inpatient) if you are the physician who personally completes the death certificate on a patient who has been pronounced dead by another physician, medical resident or other authorized health professional.

Make sure to include a diagnostic code for the underlying cause of death (that matches what’s been recorded on the death certificate). A771 and C771 includes any counselling you may have given to relatives during the same visit.

If you’re billing A902, A777 or C777 then you can’t bill 771 as these fee codes already include completing the certificate. 

A777 Intermediate assessment: Pronouncement of death

Use A777 if you have to pronounce a patient dead in a location other than in the patient’s home. It includes any counselling you may have given to relatives during the same visit as well as the completion of the death certificate.

A902: House call assessment (Pronouncement of death in the home)

When you pronounce a patient dead in their home you’d bill A902. It includes the death certificate and the counselling of any relatives during the same visit. 

Other Miscellaneous GP Fee Codes

K623: Application for psychiatric assessment

K624: Certification of involuntary admission

K629: All other re_certification(s) of involuntary admission including completion of appropriate forms

K682:Opioid Agonist Maintenance Program monthly management fee – intensive, per month

K684 – Opioid Agonist Maintenance Program team premium, per month, to K682 or K683

K683: Opioid Agonist Maintenance Program monthly management fee – maintenance, per month

K684 – Opioid Agonist Maintenance Program team premium, per month, to K682 or K683

K002: Family meeting, caregiver interview

K005: Primary mental health care – Individual care

K007: Psychotherapy – Individual care

K013: Counselling – Individual care

K014: Counselling for transplant recipients, donors or families of recipients and donors

K015: Counselling of relatives – on behalf of catastrophically or terminally ill patient

K032: Specific neurocognitive assessment

K040: Group counselling

K121: Hospital in-patient case conference

K035: Mandatory reporting of medical condition to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation

K038: Completion of Long-Term Care health report form

K070: Home care application

K730: Physician to physician telephone consultation – Referring physician

K731: Physician to physician telephone consultation – Consultant physician

K732: CritiCall telephone consultation – Referring physician

K738: Physician to physician e-consultation – Referring physician

K033: Counselling individual care – additional units per patient per provider per 12 month period (per unit)

K041: Group counselling – 2 or more persons – additional units where any group member has received 3 or more units of any counselling paid under codes K013 and K040 combined per provider per 12 month period (per unit)

K140: Chronic disease shared appointment – 2 patients (per unit)

K141: Chronic disease shared appointment – 3 patients (per unit)

K142: Chronic disease shared appointment – 4 patients (per unit)

K143: Chronic disease shared appointment – 5 patients (per unit)

K144: Chronic disease shared appointment – 6 to 12 patients (per unit)

K019: Psychotherapy – Group 2 people (per unit)

K020: Psychotherapy – Group 3 people (per unit)

K012: Psychotherapy – Group 3 people (per unit)

K024: Psychotherapy – Group 5 people (per unit)

K025: Psychotherapy – Group 6 to 12 people (per unit)

K010: Psychotherapy – additional units per member (maximum 6 units per patient per day)

K004: Psychotherapy – Family (2 or more family members in attendance at the same time) per unit

K006: Hypnotherapy – Individual care

K887: CTO initiation including completion of the CTO form and all preceding CTO services directly related to CTO initiation (per unit)

K888: CTO supervision including all associated CTO services except those related to initiation or renewal (per unit)

K889: CTO renewal including completion of the CTO form and all preceding CTO services directly related to CTO renewal (per unit)

K003: Interviews with Children’s Aid Society (CAS) or legal guardian on be half of the patient in accordance with the Health Care Consent Act conducted for a purpose other than to obtain consent (per unit)

K008: Diagnostic interview and/or counselling with child and/or parent for psychological problem or learning disabilities (per unit)

K708: MCC Participant, per patient

K709: MCC Chairperson, per patient

K710: MCC Radiologist Participant, per patient

K700: Palliative care out_patient case conference (per unit)

K704: Paediatric out_patient case conference (per unit)

K701: Mental health out_patient case conference (per unit)

K702: Bariatric out_patient case conference (per unit)

K703: Geriatric out_patient case (per unit)

K707: Chronic pain out_patient case conference (per unit)

K706: Convalescent care program case conference

K022: HIV primary care (per unit)

K037: Fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome care (per unit)

K023: Palliative care support (per unit)

K106: Genetic assessment

K028: STD management

K029: Insulin therapy support (ITS)

K030: Diabetic Management Assessment

Q040: Diabetes management incentive

K090: Pre_operative medical management of a bariatric surgery patient in a Bariatric RATC

K091: Post_operative monthly management of a bariatric surgery patient in a Bariatric RATC
(E079 – Initial discussion with patient, to eligible services)

K039: Smoking cessation follow-up visit

K018: Sexual assault examination – female

K021: Sexual assault examination – male

K026: Certification of Medical Eligibility for OHCAP

K027: Certification of Medical Eligibility for OHCAP _ includes only completion of Application for OHCAP _ Physician’s Form without an associated consultation or visit on the same day.

K031: Completion of Form 1 _ Physician report in accordance with the Mandatory Blood Testing Act

K071: Acute home care supervision (first 8 weeks following admission to the home care program)

K072: Chronic home care supervision (after the 8th week following admission to the home care program)

K036: Completion of northern health travel grant application form

K034: Telephone reporting _ specified reportable disease to a MOH

K399: Clinical interpretation by an immunologist

OHIP Premiums

E082: Admission Assessment by the Most Responsible Physician (MRP) Premium (adds a 30% premium to the assessment code billed with this (Consultations, Assessments, etc).

E083: Subsequent visit by the MRP premium (adds a 30% premium to the subsequent visit code).

E084: Saturday, Sunday or Holiday subsequent visit by the Most Responsible Physician (MRP), to subsequent visits and C122, C123, C124, C142, C143, C882 or C982 (adds a 45% premium to the subsequent visit code if provided on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). 

Special Visit Premiums

OHIP special visit premiums are bonuses for working after-office hours. There’s 3 scenarios in which they apply:

They are categorized into 5 different time brackets:

Note: “Sacrifice of Office” is when you have an unscheduled visit to Emergency or Hospital In-patient during regular office hours.
Special Visit Premiums Requirements
As a GP you’re eligible to add the following Special Visit Premiums to any non-elective (urgent and emergent) consults and assessments.
Guidelines: 

• You can’t use them for routine rounds (as rounds are planned). 
• You cannot claim them for visits to admit elective patients.
• They don’t apply to any subsequent hospital inpatient visits.
• You need to include the Visit fees and premiums on the same claim.

Emergency Department

Hospital Out-Patient Department

Hospital In-Patient 

Long Term Care Institution

Special Visit to a Patient’s Home

(Excluding Long-Term Care Institutions).

Palliative Care Home Visit

Physician Office

Other (non-professional setting not listed)

Geriatric Home Visit

Billing Tip

Be sure to use premiums that MATCH the SLI (service location indicator) on the claim.

Note: If a patient is being seen in the Emergency Department but is being admitted use the SLI – HIP but use  Emergency Department special visit premiums AND enter the admission date. This indicates to OHIP that the patient was seen in ER and then admitted.  This is especially important if you are billing E082 (admission assessment by MRP).

OTN Virtual Care in Ontario

Since OHIP doesn’t insure Telehealth services directly (except for the current COVID-19 k-codes), in order to get paid for your virtual visits in Ontario you need to first register with OTN – the government-funded non-profit that was created to expand the use of telemedicine across Ontario.

Submitting claims is relevantly the same as OHIP since you do submit claims through your billing service to OHIP. The only difference is that they are actually paid by OTN, who reimburses OHIP for your services.

Once registered with OTN there are two types of video visits that you can use to speak with patients, a hosted video visit or direct-to-patient video visit.

Hosted Video (Tracking code B103A)

A Hosted Video Visit is when you speak with a patient who is currently at a patient host site. A patient host site is an organization that provides patients with an on-site location with videoconferencing technology and, in some cases, clinical support services (nursing support, diagnostics through peripheral devices).

Direct-to-patient Video (Tracking code  B203A)

A direct-to-patient video visit is when you speak with a patient who is either at their home or any other location besides a patient host site. This includes situations where your patient schedules and manages the encounter independently using their own technology, or where an organization provides support resources (e.g. access to technology).

How to submit a Virtual Care Claim

Submitting claims for virtual care is fairly easy, all you need to do is:

• Select the appropriate OHIP fee code; you can use anything except excluded fee codes.
• The Appropriate B-code for OTN tracking (B103A or B203A) 
• Set the SLI location of your claim to  ‘Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN).’

When creating claims on Dr. Bill keep in mind that the OHIP fee code and the service code need to be on the same encounter (as shown below in our example).

WCB Claims

You get paid for both the insured insurances you provide and for reports, there are two different ways to submit claims:

1. Insured Services: Submit a claim to OHIP like you normally would except on the claim you’ll indicate “WCB.” OHIP will then pay you for your services and bill WSIB accordingly. If you’re using Dr. Bill, select WCB at the top of the claim instead of OHIP like this:
2. 
   WSIB Forms: When you fill out a form, you bill WSIB. You need to upload these claims directly to WSIB through the online portal Telus Health. These claims have different fee codes than OHIP, which outline which form you’re using.

WSIB Physician Fee Schedule

Final Takeaway:

On Dr. Bill you have the option of “starring” your most commonly used billing codes. That way, they’ll appear at the top for easy-searching.

If you have any questions about which fee codes to use contact our team and let us know the exact scenario.

This article offers general information only and is not intended as legal, financial or other professional advice. A professional advisor should be consulted regarding your specific situation. While information presented is believed to be factual and current, its accuracy is not guaranteed and it should not be regarded as a complete analysis of the subjects discussed. All expressions of opinion reflect the judgment of the author(s) as of the date of publication and are subject to change. No endorsement of any third parties or their advice, opinions, information, products or services is expressly given or implied by RBC Ventures Inc. or its affiliates.

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