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HCPCS Level II T2007: Transportation Waiting Time, Air Ambulance and Non-Emergency Vehicle

Headline: HCPCS Level II code T2007: Billing for transportation waiting time in air and non-emergency medical transport

Lead: HCPCS Level II code T2007 denotes billable transportation waiting time for air ambulance and non-emergency vehicles, reported in half-hour increments. The code is relevant to ambulance providers, payers, and facility billing teams because it specifies a discrete time-based service separate from mileage, base transport, or medical care during transport.

What it represents and national relevance: T2007 captures standby or waiting periods during air and non-emergency ground transports that can affect overall transport costs and operational accounting. Nationally, accurate use of this code supports transparent billing for time-based transport resources and informs payment policies for pre-transport, in-transit delays, and staging.

Key payers in scope: This analysis covers major national payers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare.

What readers will learn: The publication provides benchmarks for common billing use, payer coverage patterns, coding and documentation considerations, and the clinical and operational context for when waiting time is billed separately from other transport charges. It outlines where T2007 fits in ambulance and air-ambulance service lines and highlights typical scenarios that generate waiting-time charges.

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Billing Code Overview

HCPCS Level II code T2007 represents transportation waiting time for air ambulance and non-emergency vehicle services, billed in one-half (1/2) hour increments. This code captures payer-billable time when an air ambulance or ground non-emergency transport vehicle is on standby or waiting during transport-related operations.

Service Type: Medical transport — waiting time

Typical Site of Service: Air ambulance operations and non-emergency medical transport settings, including scenes and facilities where air or ground vehicles are staged or delayed during patient movement.

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HCPCS Level II T2007: Transportation Waiting Time, Air Ambulance and Non-Emergency Vehicle

Headline: HCPCS Level II code T2007: Billing for transportation waiting time in air and non-emergency medical transport

Key payers in scope: This analysis covers major national payers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare.

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Service Type: Medical transport — waiting time

Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

A patient requires non-emergency medical ground or air transport where care or monitoring is provided at the pick-up site and the transport team remains on scene awaiting a change in patient condition, bed availability, or transfer clearance. Typical scenarios include interfacility transfers from a small community hospital to a tertiary care center after stabilization, awaiting acceptance by a specialty service, or holding in a receiving facility pending bed assignment. The transport team (air ambulance crew or non-emergency stretcher/ambulance crew) documents start and stop times for waiting intervals in one-half hour increments and provides intermittent patient assessment, oxygen therapy, medication administration, and basic monitoring while waiting.

A typical clinical workflow: the sending facility requests transport; the transport provider mobilizes and arrives on scene; patient is prepared for transfer; if patient cannot be moved immediately because of clinical reassessment, procedural delay, or receiving hospital bed assignment, the crew documents waiting time in 30-minute increments using T2007; once transport proceeds, the crew resumes travel time and documents other applicable transport and clinical service codes.

Coding Specifications

Modifier	Description	When to Use
`22`	Increased procedural services	Use when waiting time required substantially greater resources or complexity than typical and documentation supports increased work for the transport team.
`23`	Unusual anesthesia	Use if waiting time occurs in conjunction with an unusual anesthesia circumstance documented for an air transport requiring anesthesia evaluation or presence.
`52`	Reduced services	Use when waiting time service is partially reduced or abbreviated relative to full service expectations.
`53`	Discontinued procedure	Use if transport was initiated but cancelled during waiting time and service was discontinued.
`54`	Surgical care only	Use if a portion of patient care responsibility is transferred and the transport team documents only waiting-related duties.
`55`	Postoperative management only	Use when transport team documents only post-transfer monitoring during a waiting interval.
`56`	Preoperative management only	Use when waiting time occurs exclusively for pre-transfer preparation and preoperative responsibilities.
`62`	Two surgeons	Use if two qualified transport clinicians are required and documented during waiting intervals for complex patient handling.
`QK`	Medical direction of two or more CRNAs	Use if CRNA medical direction occurs and waiting time is billed in association with that directed care.

Taxonomy Code	Specialty	Notes
`3336P0800X`	Air Medical Transporter	Crew providing air ambulance waiting and transport services.
`335500000X`	Ambulance Transportation	Ground non-emergency ambulance providers who document waiting intervals.
`367A00000X`	Paramedic	Paramedics providing on-scene care and monitoring during waiting time.
`208D00000X`	Emergency Medicine Physician	Physicians overseeing interfacility transfers and acceptance decisions that may generate waiting time.
`163WP0800X`	Flight Nurse	Flight nurses providing assessment and care during air ambulance waiting time.

Related Diagnoses

ICD-10 Code	Description	Clinical Relevance
`I21.9`	Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified	Patients with acute cardiac conditions requiring interfacility transfer and monitored waiting prior to departure.
`I63.9`	Cerebral infarction, unspecified	Stroke patients requiring transfer to comprehensive stroke center where acceptance or bed availability may create waiting intervals.
`R57.9`	Shock, unspecified	Hemodynamically unstable patients requiring monitoring while awaiting transport clearance or stabilization.
`J96.00`	Acute respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia	Patients needing oxygen therapy and monitoring during waiting periods before transfer.
`S72.001A`	Fracture of unspecified part of neck of right femur, initial encounter for closed fracture	Trauma or orthopedic transfers where extrication, stabilization, or receiving bed assignment results in documented waiting time.

Related CPT Codes

CPT Code	Description	Relationship to This Procedure
`99223`	Initial hospital care, typically 70 minutes or more	Evaluations performed at origin hospital prior to transport; documentation may support medical necessity for waiting and transfer.
`99238`	Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes	Discharge processes and coordination that can overlap with waiting intervals before transport departure.
`99024`	Postoperative follow-up visit, included in global service	Follow-up visits related to recent procedures where transport waiting time may be required for transfer between facilities.
`A0426`	Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency, level 1 (ALS)	Ground advanced life support transport commonly provided before, during, or after billing waiting intervals captured with `T2007`.
`A0430`	Ambulance service, fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile	Air ambulance distance and time codes that are billed in conjunction with waiting time `T2007` for air transfers.

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References

1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.

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Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Coding Specifications

Modifier	Description	When to Use
`22`	Increased procedural services	Use when waiting time required substantially greater resources or complexity than typical and documentation supports increased work for the transport team.
`23`	Unusual anesthesia	Use if waiting time occurs in conjunction with an unusual anesthesia circumstance documented for an air transport requiring anesthesia evaluation or presence.
`52`	Reduced services	Use when waiting time service is partially reduced or abbreviated relative to full service expectations.
`53`	Discontinued procedure	Use if transport was initiated but cancelled during waiting time and service was discontinued.
`54`	Surgical care only	Use if a portion of patient care responsibility is transferred and the transport team documents only waiting-related duties.
`55`	Postoperative management only	Use when transport team documents only post-transfer monitoring during a waiting interval.
`56`	Preoperative management only	Use when waiting time occurs exclusively for pre-transfer preparation and preoperative responsibilities.
`62`	Two surgeons	Use if two qualified transport clinicians are required and documented during waiting intervals for complex patient handling.
`QK`	Medical direction of two or more CRNAs	Use if CRNA medical direction occurs and waiting time is billed in association with that directed care.

Taxonomy Code	Specialty	Notes
`3336P0800X`	Air Medical Transporter	Crew providing air ambulance waiting and transport services.
`335500000X`	Ambulance Transportation	Ground non-emergency ambulance providers who document waiting intervals.
`367A00000X`	Paramedic	Paramedics providing on-scene care and monitoring during waiting time.
`208D00000X`	Emergency Medicine Physician	Physicians overseeing interfacility transfers and acceptance decisions that may generate waiting time.
`163WP0800X`	Flight Nurse	Flight nurses providing assessment and care during air ambulance waiting time.

Related Diagnoses

ICD-10 Code	Description	Clinical Relevance
`I21.9`	Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified	Patients with acute cardiac conditions requiring interfacility transfer and monitored waiting prior to departure.
`I63.9`	Cerebral infarction, unspecified	Stroke patients requiring transfer to comprehensive stroke center where acceptance or bed availability may create waiting intervals.
`R57.9`	Shock, unspecified	Hemodynamically unstable patients requiring monitoring while awaiting transport clearance or stabilization.
`J96.00`	Acute respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia	Patients needing oxygen therapy and monitoring during waiting periods before transfer.
`S72.001A`	Fracture of unspecified part of neck of right femur, initial encounter for closed fracture	Trauma or orthopedic transfers where extrication, stabilization, or receiving bed assignment results in documented waiting time.

Related CPT Codes

CPT Code	Description	Relationship to This Procedure
`99223`	Initial hospital care, typically 70 minutes or more	Evaluations performed at origin hospital prior to transport; documentation may support medical necessity for waiting and transfer.
`99238`	Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes	Discharge processes and coordination that can overlap with waiting intervals before transport departure.
`99024`	Postoperative follow-up visit, included in global service	Follow-up visits related to recent procedures where transport waiting time may be required for transfer between facilities.
`A0426`	Ambulance service, advanced life support, non-emergency, level 1 (ALS)	Ground advanced life support transport commonly provided before, during, or after billing waiting intervals captured with `T2007`.
`A0430`	Ambulance service, fixed wing air mileage, per statute mile	Air ambulance distance and time codes that are billed in conjunction with waiting time `T2007` for air transfers.

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HCPCS-LEVEL-II-T2014-PREVOCATIONAL-HABILITATION-PER-DIEM

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HCPCS Level II T4535: Disposable Incontinence Liner/Pad

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References

1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.

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Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Coding Specifications

Related Diagnoses

Related CPT Codes

Related Codes

References

Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Coding Specifications

Related Diagnoses

Related CPT Codes

Related Codes

References