OHIP billing code for urinalysis

Updated October 26, 2026

The OHIP billing code for an office urine dipstick is G010A ($2.64), one or more parts of a routine urinalysis without microscopy; with microscopy of a centrifuged specimen, bill G009A ($4.90). Both are payable only when the test is done in your own office for your own patient and the result, interpretation and treatment decision are charted.

Code	What it is	Fee	When to bill it
G010A	One or more parts of a routine urinalysis, without microscopy	$2.64	Dipstick testing (SG, pH, protein, sugar, haemoglobin, ketones, urobilinogen or bilirubin) in your office.
G009A	Routine urinalysis including microscopy of a centrifuged specimen	$4.90	You also do microscopy of a centrifuged specimen in your office.

How to bill it

Do the test in your office for your own patient, and chart the result, your interpretation and the treatment decision (J65).

Bill G010A for a dipstick, or G009A if the urinalysis includes microscopy. Bill it in addition to the assessment for the visit (J3).

Don't add G700A: office urinalysis isn't a (+) procedure (J68).

If you send the urine to a lab, the lab bills the test; you don't bill G009A or G010A.

Billing rules

Office lab tests are insured only when you, or a physician substituting for you, do them in your own office for your own patient (J65).
The chart must record the result, your interpretation and the treatment decision based on it, or the test isn't payable (J65).
Not insured for monitoring adverse effects of a calorie-restricted weight-loss program (J68).
G010 is payable on the same day as counselling by the same physician; G009 isn't (GP58).
May be delegated to a trained employee in your office, even when you aren't on site, for your own patient; chart who did it. Not payable when that person is employed by a hospital, public health unit, long-term care home or Family Health Team (GP62–GP63).
For a nursing home or home for the aged patient under W010 monthly management, office lab tests by any physician that month are included in W010 (GP51).
Codes in the separate Schedule of Benefits for Laboratory Services apply only to licensed laboratories, not to office testing (J65).
FHO: G009A and G010A are core (in-basket) services (Agreement p.76).

Questions

What is the OHIP billing code for urinalysis?

Can I bill G700A when the patient only drops off a urine sample?

No. G009 and G010 aren't marked (+), so the sole-visit premium doesn't apply (J3, J68).

What about an office pregnancy test?

That is G005A ($3.88), insured only when an immediate answer is needed to prevent imminent physical harm to the patient (J67).

Sources

Schedule of Benefits: Physician Services (effective July 1, 2026)

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