Billing code
G315A — Maximal Stress Ecg - Technical Component
Exercise stress ECG, technical
Bill G315 for the technical component of a maximal or submaximal exercise stress ECG on a treadmill or ergometer; the professional component is G319.
Watch for: A physician must be in attendance throughout; routine annual tests for low-risk patients without symptoms are uninsured.
| Provider | Specialist | Assistant | Anaesthetist | Non-anaesthetist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50.55 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
- Code
- G315A
- Description
- Maximal Stress Ecg - Technical Component
- FHO+ basket
- Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Termination date
- No end date
Explanation
Updated October 26, 2026
Technical component of a maximal or submaximal exercise stress ECG on a treadmill or ergometer, with the physician in attendance.
What it covers
G315 is the technical component of a maximal stress ECG (to exhaustion, symptoms or ECG changes) or submaximal stress ECG (to target heart rate) by a standard technique with treadmill or ergometer and continuous oscilloscopic monitoring, including ECGs during the test and resting ECGs before and after (J15).
The professional component is G319, which includes the clinical assessment right before testing (J15).
Billing rules
- A physician must be in attendance at all times (J15).
- Not payable for routine pre-operative preparation or screening for a low-risk procedure, or for a patient at low risk of peri-operative cardiac complications, unless another clinical indication exists (J15).
- Uninsured for routine annual stress tests in asymptomatic patients whose 10-year coronary heart disease risk is under 10% by a generally accepted method, such as the Framingham Risk Score (J15).
- The technical component is not payable for hospital in-patients, or when the patient is admitted to the same hospital for the same condition within 24 hours; in a hospital it pays 86.10% of the listed fee (GP11).
- To bill a technical component you need the training to render it yourself and documented quality-assurance monitoring (GP11).
Often billed with
- G319 professional component (J15).
Related codes: G319, G174, G111, G112, G310, G313
Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures, Electrocardiography (ECG) – Stress Testing, page J15.
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