Billing code
Q106A — Preventive care bonus, cervical screening 65%
Cervical screening bonus, 65% tier
Bill Q106A at zero when 65% of your enrolled patients with a cervix aged 25 to 69 have had cervical screening in the past 66 months.
Watch for: Appendix Q doesn't list FHO or FHN physicians for this bonus, and FHG and CCM physicians need the minimum roster size.
| Provider | Specialist | Assistant | Anaesthetist | Non-anaesthetist |
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| $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
- Code
- Q106A
- Description
- Preventive care bonus, cervical screening 65%
- FHO+ basket
- Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).
- Effective date
- Mar 1, 2005
- Termination date
- No end date
Explanation
Updated October 26, 2026
Zero-fee claim for the cervical screening preventive care bonus at 65% coverage. Appendix Q doesn't list FHO or FHN physicians for it.
What it covers
Q106A is the second tier of the cervical cancer screening cumulative preventive care bonus, claimed when 65% of the target population has been screened (AQ6). The other tiers are Q105A (60%), Q107A (70%), Q108A (75%), Q109A (80%) (AQ6).
The target population is enrolled patients with a cervix aged 25 to 69 inclusive on March 31 of the fiscal year, and the measure is cervical screening in the 66 months before that March 31 (INFOBulletin 260805). Appendix Q is information only, not part of the Schedule (AQ1).
Billing rules
- Bill at zero (AQ6).
- An individual physician can earn one annual bonus per preventive care category; claim the tier code for the coverage reached (OMA Q-codes guide p.15).
- Eligible: RNPGA, BSM, GHC, SJHC, SEAMO and WHA physicians, and CCM and FHG physicians who meet the minimum roster size of 650 enrolled patients on March 31 of the bonus year, or 450 for new graduates in their first year in the model (AQ6; OMA Q-codes guide p.15).
- FHO and FHN: the 2020 OMA guide listed them for this bonus, but Appendix Q no longer does, and the April 2026 FHO agreement gives FHO physicians only the influenza and childhood immunization bonuses (AQ6; OMA Q-codes guide p.16; Agreement p.65 §8.1).
- The Q011A tracking code marks a patient as screened. The Q140A exclusion code removes patients who had a hysterectomy, are being tested for cervical disease that precludes routine screening, or aren't sexually active (OMA Q-codes guide p.7, p.18).
Related codes: Q105, Q107, Q108, Q109, Q011, Q140, G365
Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Appendix Q (information only), Preventive Care Fees and Bonuses, page AQ6; OMA Q-codes guide p.15–18
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