Error report · Service, fee & diagnosis
OHIP error code PA6
PA Affiliation on Service Date Error
What PA6 means
The Ministry of Health’s official wording for PA6 is: “PA Affiliation on Service Date Error.”
This code appears on your Claims Error Report (downloaded through MCEDT). It means the claim was rejected at submission and was never adjudicated for payment — fix the issue below and resubmit the claim.
How to fix PA6
Confirm the PA Pilot affiliation was valid on the service date, correct it, then resubmit.
These codes relate to the fee schedule code, diagnosis code, fee amount, or service limits in the Schedule of Benefits. The fix usually starts with re-reading the code's payment rules — effective dates, age/sex limits, maximums, and combinations — for the date of service.
Related codes
- PA1Invalid PA Service - Physician Assistant (PA) Pilot claim submissions may contain one or more PA Tracking FSC's but other OHIP insured service FSCs are not allowed on the same claim.
- PA4PA Registration on Service Date Error
- PA5PA Affiliation Error
- PAANo Initial Fee Previously Paid - To ensure the smoking cessation initial discussion fee (E079) has been paid within 365 days prior to the smoking cessation counseling fee (Q042) or the smoking cessation follow up fee (K039)
- V02Invalid Region Code
- V05Error-Claim Number is less than Service Date
- V06Incorrect Clinic Code
- V13Patient's date of birth is missing/invalid format Month not in the range of 01-12 Not 8 numerics Day is outside acceptable range for month
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Code meaning per Ontario Ministry of Health — Error Report Rejection Conditions / Error Codes (December 2022). The suggested action is general information for Ontario physicians, not billing, legal, or tax advice — codes and rules change, so verify against the current Ministry of Health documents before relying on a claim.