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J315C — - J315 Plus 12 Lead E.c.g. Done At Rest, Used For Monitoring - Add

Graded exercise test, stage I

Bill J315 for graded exercise to maximum tolerance with continuous heart rate, oximetry and ventilation at rest and each workload.

Watch for: A physician must attend throughout, and oximetry (J323, J332) isn't payable with it.

Code

J315C

Description

- J315 Plus 12 Lead E.c.g. Done At Rest, Used For Monitoring - Add

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

Stage I graded exercise test to maximum tolerance, with continuous heart rate, oximetry and ventilation at rest and each workload.

What it covers

J315 is graded exercise to maximum tolerance. It must include continuous heart rate, oximetry and ventilation at rest and at each workload (H5).

Billing rules

• A physician must be in attendance at all times (H3).
• J332 and J323 oximetry are not payable with J315 (H6).
• Add E450 when J301 or J304 is done before and/or after exercise, and E451 when a 12-lead ECG is done at rest, used for monitoring and followed for at least 5 minutes after exercise (H5).
• Technical component (H, suffix B) is paid only at a hospital or a hospital's approved off-site premises; outside hospital only the professional component (P, suffix C) is billable (H1, H3).
• Each test with its own code is specific and must be ordered individually (H3).
• The interpretation must be done personally by the physician who claims the professional component; supervision and monitoring may be delegated to another physician (H1).
• Not payable for routine pre-operative screening before non-thoracic surgery, unless needed for respiratory diagnosis, anaesthetic decisions or optimizing respiratory disease before surgery (H3).

Often billed with

• E450 spirometry before/after exercise, to J315 (H5).
• E451 12-lead ECG monitoring, to J315 (H5).

Related codes: E450, E451, J316, J330, J332

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Pulmonary Function Studies, Pulmonary Function Studies, page H5. Preamble H1–H3.

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