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K101 – Ground ambulance transfer with patient

OHIP General Preamble Code — GENERAL PREAMBLE · Schedule of Benefits

K101 (Detention-in-Ambulance) is payable for constant attendance with a patient in an ambulance, to provide all aspects of care to the patient. Time is calculated only for that period during which the physician is in constant attendance with the patient in the ambulance. The service includes an initial examination and ongoing monitoring of the patient's condition and all interventions, except in those circumstances in which the Schedule provides for separate or additional payment for the intervention.
Claims for Detention-in-Ambulance require the submission of a written explanation.
To claim a unit-based service, the physician must record the start and end times of the service in the patient's permanent medical record.

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