Billing code
W277A — Geriatric LTC admission assessment – Type 3
LTC re-admission, geriatrics, Type 3
Bill for a geriatrician's general re-assessment when a resident returns to long-term care after at least 3 days in another institution.
Watch for: Only payable when the patient was away in another institution for at least 3 days.
| Provider | Specialist | Assistant | Anaesthetist | Non-anaesthetist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.00 | $30.70 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
- Code
- W277A
- Description
- Geriatric LTC admission assessment – Type 3
- FHO+ basket
- Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).
- Effective date
- Jun 1, 2025
- Termination date
- No end date
Explanation
Updated October 26, 2026
General re-assessment by a geriatrician when a resident returns to long-term care after at least 3 days in another institution.
What it covers
W277 is the Geriatrics (07) long-term care admission assessment, Type 3 (A122). A Type 3 admission assessment is a general re-assessment of a patient re-admitted to the long-term care institution after a stay of at least 3 days in another institution (GP49).
Long-term care (W-prefix) services cover chronic care and convalescent hospitals, nursing homes, homes for the aged, and designated chronic or convalescent beds, but not patients in designated palliative care beds (GP49).
Billing rules
- Specialists bill from the Consultations and Visits listing for their own Royal College specialty on file with the Ministry, here Geriatrics (07) (GP9).
- The patient must have been away in another institution for at least 3 days before re-admission (GP49).
- A general re-assessment includes everything in a general assessment, but the history can be shorter where details are already on file (GP22).
- In a nursing home or home for the aged, this service is part of W010 monthly management. If you are the MRP billing W010 for the month, don't bill it separately (GP51–GP52).
- Not on the Appendix J virtual care list, so it is not payable by video or phone (AJ1–AJ3).
Related codes: W272, W274, W074, W279, W010
Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Consultations and Visits, Geriatrics (07), page A122. LTC admission assessments GP49.
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