Error code
H6 — Allowed as supportive or concurrent care
Paid as supportive care
Another physician was most responsible for the patient, so your hospital visit was paid at the supportive or concurrent care rate.
What to do: If you were the most responsible physician, send a remittance advice inquiry with details of your role.
- Code
- H6
- Description
- Allowed as supportive or concurrent care
Explanation
Updated October 26, 2026
H6: the hospital visit was paid as supportive or concurrent care instead of the code billed. Check your role in the patient's care.
What it means
H6 means OHIP paid your hospital visit at the supportive care or concurrent care rate, because another physician was the patient's most responsible physician.
Concurrent care is a routine in-hospital assessment by a consultant after their first major assessment, when the family physician stays the most responsible physician and asks the consultant to keep directing care. Supportive care is a routine in-hospital visit by a family physician who is not treating the case, at the patient's or family's request, for liaison or reassurance. Each is limited to 4 claims in the first week and 2 per week after that (Schedule GP48).
Common causes
- A subsequent visit billed when another physician was the most responsible physician
- A family physician's liaison visit billed as a regular hospital visit
How to fix it
- Check who was the most responsible physician on the visit date.
- If you were the most responsible physician, send a Remittance Advice Inquiry (RAI) through eSubmit, or on form 0918-84, within 7 months of the RA date, with details of your role.
- Otherwise, the payment is correct.
Don't resubmit if
- The claim is already on your RA. Use an RAI, not a new claim, if you disagree.
How APEX handles it
APEX reads your error reports and remittance advice from MCEDT and lists claims rejected with this code in its Correction Centre for you to correct and resubmit. See how APEX works · Pricing