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K070A — Home Care Application

Home care referral form

Bill K070 when the most responsible physician completes and submits a home care referral form to Ontario Health atHome, on top of any assessment.

Watch for: Not payable if the patient already receives home care; one per home care admission, and include a diagnostic code.

Code

K070A

Description

Home Care Application

FHO+ basket

Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).

Effective date

Apr 1, 2026

Termination date

No end date

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Completing a home care referral form to Ontario Health atHome. Once per home care admission, and not if the patient already receives home care.

What it covers

K070 is paid to the most responsible physician for completing and submitting a home care referral form to Ontario Health atHome for a patient they give ongoing medical care to (A58).

It is paid in addition to the assessment fee, where one applies (A58).

Billing rules

• One per Ontario Health atHome home care program admission per patient (A59).
• Not payable if the patient is already receiving Ontario Health atHome home care (A59).
• Pays nil if the form is completed in whole or in part by anyone other than the physician or the physician's employee (A58).
• Not on the counselling same-day list, so it isn't payable the same day as K013 or other counselling by you (GP58).
• Unlike K071 and K072, it is not barred in a week when G512 is billed (J102).
• FHO: on the long-term care base-rate list (Agreement Schedule 2A, p.85) but not the community in-basket list (Schedule 2, p.79).

Often billed with

• A007 or another assessment at the same visit; K070 is paid in addition to the assessment fee (A58).
• K071 acute home care supervision during the first 8 weeks after admission to home care (A59).

Common rejections

• V21: The claim had no diagnostic code. Add the three-digit code for the condition that needs home care and resubmit.

Related codes: K071, K072, K038, K124, G512, A900

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Consultations and Visits, Family Practice & Practice in General (00), Home care referral form, pages A58–A59.

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