NEW Virtual Health Service Codes
- Jaime Perkins
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min read
“Alberta Health is creating virtual Health Service Codes (HSCs) for the following three services:
Visit Services –HSCs: 03.03CV and 03.03FV
Consultation Services –HSCs: 03.08CV and 08.19CX
Mental Health Services –HSCs: 08.19CV and 08.19CW
The following rules will apply to these new virtual HSCs:
The services provided under virtual care codes must be initiated by a patient or their agent and performed by a physician.
To be eligible for payment, the patient’s record must include a detailed summary of all services provided including the start and stop time.
Only time spent communicating with the patient can be claimed as part of the service. Time spent on administrative tasks cannot be claimed.
Each physician may only claim one of these virtual HSCs per patient in a single day.
No in person services can be claimed on the same day for the same patient if a virtual HSC is used.
Premiums, including age modifiers, complex modifiers, after hours time premium, Business Cost Program (BCP) and Rural Remote Northern Program (RRNP) will not apply to virtual HSCs.
Daily cap rules will not apply.
A service that does not meet the minimum requirements of these new virtual HSCs, or is less than 10 minutes must be claimed using HSC 03.01AD “
See alberta.ca for the full Medical Bulletin and list of new codes.
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