OHIP error code V13

What V13 means

The Ministry of Health’s official wording for V13 is: “Patient'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.”

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 V13

Enter the patient's date of birth in the correct format - 8 digits, month 01-12 and a valid day - 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

• V02Invalid Region Code
• V05Error-Claim Number is less than Service Date
• V06Incorrect Clinic Code
• V16Unacceptable Diagnostic Code Not numeric
• V17Payee must be 'P' (Provider) or 'S' (Patient)
• V18Invalid Admission/First Visit date
• V20Unacceptable Age for Diagnostic code - Service code is A007, patient is over 2 years old and diagnostic code is '916' or service code is A003 and the patient is under 16 years old and the diagnostic code is '917'
• V21Diagnostic Code Required