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G575A — Echocardiography – focused study – professional component

Focused echocardiogram interpretation

Bill G575 for personally interpreting 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

G575A

Description

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

What it covers

G575 is the professional component of a focused echocardiography study; the technical component is G574 (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).
• You must personally interpret the results to bill the professional component (J1).

Often billed with

• G574 technical component (J23).

Related codes: G574, G570, G571, G583, G579

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

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