Two new Specialist fee codes effective April 15

April 17, 2020

Doctors of BC and the BC government have agreed to two new temporary fee codes for Specialists effective April 15. The new codes are similar to existing SSC fees, but remove some billing restrictions as a response to the changing needs of the health care system during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new fee codes are:

T10000 Urgent Specialist Advice on patient with previous visit/service

  • Allows for specialist advice to any patient including those that may have had a paid visit/service for the same condition by the same practitioner in the last 180 days.

T10009 Non-Urgent Specialist Advice on patient with previous visit/service

  • Allows specialist advice to any patient including those that may have had a paid visit/service for the same condition by the same practitioner in the last 30 days.

For more information on all the changes to fee codes in response to COVID-19, click here.