All codes
K041
K041 – Group counselling - 2 or more persons - additional units
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
Group Counselling is counselling rendered to two or more patients with a similar medical condition or situation. It is a patient visit dedicated solely to an educational dialogue with a physician for the purpose of developing awareness of the patient's problems or situation and of modalities for prevention and/or treatment, and to provide advice and information in respect of diagnosis, treatment, health maintenance and prevention. This service is for 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. As per :, this service includes specific elements such as performing the appropriate therapy or interaction, making arrangements for related care, discussion with and providing advice to the patient, and providing necessary resources.
The physician must record the start and end time of the service in the patient's permanent medical record or chart (:).
The physician must maintain a separate record (independent of the patient's medical record) of the names and health numbers of all persons in attendance at each group counselling session (:).
Group counselling does not apply to lectures.
Ready to bill this code?
SnapBill makes OHIP billing simple — auto-filled codes, validation, and batch submission.