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G571A — Echocardiography – complete study (1 and 2 dimensions) – professional component

Complete echocardiogram interpretation

Bill G571 for personally interpreting a complete 1- and 2-dimensional echocardiogram, including Doppler when done.

Watch for: Requires facility accreditation, your echo training and a CorHealth indication; not payable with stress echo G582 or G583.

Code

G571A

Description

Echocardiography – complete study (1 and 2 dimensions) – professional component

FHO+ basket

Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).

Effective date

Apr 1, 2025

Termination date

No end date

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Professional component (interpretation) of a complete 1- and 2-dimensional echocardiogram, including Doppler when done.

What it covers

G571 is the professional component of a complete echocardiography study in 1 and 2 dimensions; the technical component is G570 (J21).

A complete study must at least acquire, record and store images of all components of cardiac structure and function: chambers, valves, septae, pericardium and proximal great vessels. A cardiac Doppler study (with or without colour) is included when done. If a component can't be imaged for reasons beyond your control, it still pays as a complete study (J21).

Billing rules

• Document the required components and findings, keep a permanent dynamic recording (video or digital) of the images and measurements, and note why any component couldn't be imaged (J21).
• G570, G571, G574 and G575 are not payable with stress echo G582 or G583 (J21).
• Payable only at a facility with echocardiography accreditation (or provisional recognition) from an MOH-approved body, such as Accreditation Canada Diagnostics (J20).
• You must have Level III or Level II echocardiography training, or interpret at least 400 echo/Doppler studies a year in an established lab plus 24 hours of relevant CME over two years; keep proof for the MOH (J20).
• Must be for an indication in the CorHealth Standards for Provision of Echocardiography in Ontario in effect on the service date (J20).
• The accreditation, training and indication rules don't apply to patients 17 or younger, fetal echo, or peri-operative TEE (J20).
• Not payable for routine pre-operative preparation or screening unless there is another clinical indication (J20).
• You must personally interpret the results to bill the professional component (J1).

Often billed with

• G570 technical component (J21).
• G579 saline study (J25).
• G585 contrast requires G571 or G583 to be payable for the same study (J23).

Related codes: G570, G574, G575, G582, G583, G579, G585

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures, Echocardiography, page J21; preamble J20.

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