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G014A — Rapid Strep

Rapid strep test

Bill G014 for a rapid streptococcal test done in your own office for your own patient, with the result and decision charted.

Watch for: Not payable the same day as a counselling service by you; the chart must record result, interpretation and decision.

Code

G014A

Description

Rapid Strep

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

Rapid streptococcal test done in your own office for your own patient, with the result and decision charted.

What it covers

G014 is a rapid streptococcal test (J68). 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).
• G014 is not on the list of services payable on the same day as counselling by the same physician (GP58).
• FHO: a Schedule 2 core (in-basket) service (Agreement p.76).

Often billed with

• An assessment such as A001 or A007 for the sore throat; 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.
• VJ7: OHIP received the claim more than three months after the service date, so it was rejected as stale-dated (GP9).
• EH4: OHIP's record shows the patient's coverage ended before the service date; confirm the health number and service date, then the patient's coverage.

Related codes: G011, G012, G009, A007

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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