OHIP error code V39

What V39 means

The Ministry of Health’s official wording for V39 is: “Number of items exceeds the maximum (99).”

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 V39

The claim has more than 99 items - split it into claims of 99 items or fewer, 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

• V30FSC/Diagnostic Code Combination Not A Benefit (NAB)
• V34Invalid Service Code Service Code and Health Care provider type mismatch
• V35Invalid Out-of-Province/Out-of-Country Service
• V36Check input criteria required for sessional billing
• V40Invalid Fee Schedule Code Service code is missing Service code is not in the format ANNNA where: • A is alphabetic (A-Z) • NNN is numeric (001-999) • A is alphabetic (A-C)
• V41Invalid Fee Billed Fee submitted is missing/not 6 numerics Fee submitted is not in the range '000000'-'500000' ($$$$cc)
• V42Invalid Number of Services Number of services is missing/not 2 numerics Number of services is not in the range '01-99'
• V47Fee not Divisible - Fee submitted is not evenly divisible (to the cent) by the number of services