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G574A — Echocardiography – focused study – technical component

Focused echocardiogram, technical

Bill G574 for the technical part of a focused echocardiogram limited to a single part of the cardiac assessment.

Watch for: Not with a pregnancy study or stress echo G582 or G583; requires an accredited facility and CorHealth indication.

Code

G574A

Description

Echocardiography – focused study – 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 focused echocardiogram limited to a single part of the cardiac assessment.

What it covers

G574 is the technical component of a focused echocardiography study; the professional component is G575 (J23).

A focused study is limited to a single component of the cardiac assessment, for example an emergency assessment to guide immediate management, or a follow-up within 2 weeks of a complete study to re-check a specific finding (J23).

Billing rules

• Not to be claimed with a pregnancy study (J23).
• Document the component assessed and findings, and keep a permanent dynamic recording (video or digital) of the images and measurements (J23).
• 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).
• Not payable for routine pre-operative preparation or screening unless there is another clinical indication (J20).
• 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).

Often billed with

• G575 professional component (J23).
• G579 saline study (J25).

Related codes: G575, G570, G571, G579, G582

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures, Echocardiography, page J23; preamble J20.

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