After-hours codes are codes billed in addition to patient visits to account for physicians working after-hours and/or travelling to a different location to care for a patient.
We created this AHCIP After-Hours Billing quick reference guide to provide you with key information and best practices to ensure correct billing of after-hours fee codes and modifiers in Alberta.
This guide will help you with:
- Identifying the most common after-hours fee codes and when to bill them.
- Correctly billing the after-hours time premium 03.01AA.
- Understanding the different modifiers for after-hours billing.
- Accurately billing the special callback fee codes.