GLOSSARY · OHIO

W-code.

Ohio BWC’s service codes for vocational rehabilitation — W3207, W3220, W3230, W3235 and the rest — priced by rule and billed in tenths of an hour.

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What it is

Ohio’s own code set, and it is leveled.

W-codes are the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation service codes for vocational rehabilitation. They ride on a CMS-1500 where a clinical biller would put CPT codes, and they are priced by rule — OAC 4123-18-09, updated every October.

The plan-implementation family is leveled. The bare code bills Level 1; the same code with W2 on the end bills Level 2; there is a third level above that:

October 2025 schedule. Current as of July 2026 — verify with Ohio BWC.

Why it matters to you

The level belongs to the case, not to the activity.

Which means the wrong variant is not a coding preference, it is an underpayment — and it is one nobody at the MCO will correct for you. A W3235 billed on a Level 2 case is $2.50 an hour of your own money left on the table, every time.

The other half of the arithmetic is the unit: $81.90 is the hour, so six minutes is $8.19 and box 24G says 1.

Where to go next

Related pages.

The full table, including the pattern across face-to-face contact, letter writing and labour market surveys, is on the Ohio W-code reference. The Ohio billing guide puts it in sequence with authorisation and filing.

Case level  ·  Unit  ·  MCO

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