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Error code

Q7 — No fee allowed for treatment of immediate family

Immediate family member

OHIP's records show the patient is a member of the billing physician's immediate family, so no fee is paid.

What to do: If the patient is immediate family, the service can't be billed to OHIP; no correction will make it payable.

Code
Q7
Description
No fee allowed for treatment of immediate family

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Q7 means OHIP doesn't pay a fee for treating a member of the physician's immediate family. No correction will make this payable.

What it means

Code Q7 means OHIP paid nothing for this service because its records show the patient is a member of the billing physician's immediate family. The Ministry's message is: no fee allowed for treatment of immediate family.

Common causes

  • The physician treated and billed for an immediate family member
  • OHIP matched the patient to the physician's family in error (for example, a shared surname and address)

How to fix it

  1. Check whether the patient is a member of your immediate family.
  2. If so, the service can't be billed to OHIP.
  3. If the patient is not related to you, send an RAI explaining this. Send it through eSubmit, or on form 0918-84, within 7 months of the RA date.

Don't resubmit if

  • The patient is a member of your immediate family.
  • The claim is already on your Remittance Advice. Use an RAI, not a new claim.

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

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