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K680
K680 – Substance abuse - extended assessment
OHIP Consultations and Visits Code — CONSULTATIONS AND VISITS · Schedule of Benefits
A substance abuse - extended assessment is the service for providing care to patients receiving therapy for substance abuse. The service has the same specific elements as an assessment as defined in the Schedule of Benefits (, ).
Start and stop times must be recorded in the patient's permanent medical record. As per general time-based service rules in , if the patient's permanent medical record or chart does not include this required information, the service is not eligible for payment.
1. K680 is a time based service with time calculated based on units. Unit means ½ hour or major part thereof – see General Preamble , for definitions and time-keeping requirements.
2. No other consultation, assessment, visit or time based service is eligible for payment when rendered the same day as K680 to the same patient by the same physician.
3. K680 is not eligible for payment for management of smoking cessation.
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