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G009A — Urinalysis, Routine (includes Microscopic Examination Of Centrifuged Specimen Plus Any Of Sg, Ph, Protein, Sugar, Haemoglobin, Ketones, Urobilinogen, Bilirubin)-

Urinalysis with microscopy

Bill G009 for a routine office urinalysis that includes microscopy of a centrifuged specimen, done in your own office for your own patient.

Watch for: Without microscopy bill G010; G009 isn't payable the same day as your counselling service, unlike G010.

Code

G009A

Description

Urinalysis, Routine (includes Microscopic Examination Of Centrifuged Specimen Plus Any Of Sg, Ph, Protein, Sugar, Haemoglobin, Ketones, Urobilinogen, Bilirubin)-

FHO+ basket

Covered by the FHO+ base rate payment for enrolled patients, and shadow billed at 30% (50% for Schedule 2B procedures).

Effective date

Apr 1, 2026

Termination date

No end date

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Routine office urinalysis including microscopy of a centrifuged specimen, done in your own office for your own patient.

What it covers

G009 is a routine urinalysis that includes microscopic examination of a centrifuged specimen plus any of SG, pH, protein, sugar, haemoglobin, ketones, urobilinogen and bilirubin (J68). Without microscopy, bill G010.

It is a Laboratory Medicine in Physician's Office service, listed under Miscellaneous Tests (J65, J68).

Billing rules

• Insured only when you, or a physician substituting for you, do the test in your own office for your own patient (J65).
• The chart must record the result, your interpretation and the treatment decision based on it, or the test isn't payable (J65).
• Not marked (+) in its listing, so the G700 sole-visit premium does not apply (J68).
• May be delegated to a trained employee in your office, even when you are not on site, for your own patient; the chart must name who did it (GP62–GP63).
• For a nursing home or home for the aged patient under W010 monthly management, office lab tests by any physician that month are included in W010 (GP51).
• Not insured for monitoring adverse effects of a calorie-restricted weight-loss program (J68).
• G009 is not on the list of services payable on the same day as counselling by the same physician; G010 is (GP58).
• FHO: a Schedule 2 core (in-basket) service (Agreement p.76).

Often billed with

• An assessment such as A001 or A007; office lab tests are payable in addition to a consultation or assessment (J3).

Common rejections

• EH2: The health card version code on the claim doesn't match OHIP's record, often because the patient has a newer card; get the current version code and resubmit.

Related codes: G010, G002, G012, G014

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures, Laboratory Medicine in Physician's Office — Miscellaneous Tests, page J68 (definition J65)

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