OHIP Error Report code EF8
'I' service codes are exclusive to ICHSCs
Ontario Ministry of Health, Error Report Rejection Conditions
Where you’ll see it
On your Error Report. The claim was rejected before OHIP assessed it. Error Reports arrive within about 48 hours of a submission.
A provider or registration issue
OHIP's records for the billing or referring provider, group or facility don't allow this claim: registration, specialty, or eligibility for the code. This is fixed with OHIP's registration records, not by re-coding the claim.
A rejected claim was never assessed, so the corrected claim goes back in as a new submission. The three-month limit still runs from the date of service, and a rejection doesn't reset it.
Our summary is a guide, not a ruling. The ministry’s wording and the current Schedule of Benefits are what OHIP applies. See OHIP Error Report vs Remittance Advice: reading the codes for how the two reports differ.
Related Error Report codes
- EF3 · Insured services are excluded from ICHSC billings
- EF4 · Provider is not approved to bill ICHSC fee on date specified
- EF5 · ICHSC practitioner 991000 is not allowed to bill insured services
- EF7 · Referring physician number is required for the ICHSC fee billed
- EF9 · Mobile site number required
- EQ1 · Clinic/Doctor Not on File Practitioner not registered with OHIP
- EQ2 · Specialty mismatch Specialty Code is inactive or not registered on date of service
- EQ3 · Claim submitted as Pay Patient Health care provider is registered as OPTED-IN for date of service