Error report · Eligibility & health card
OHIP error code VH3
Invalid Payment Program The payment program is missing or is not equal to HCP, RMB, WCB
What VH3 means
The Ministry of Health’s official wording for VH3 is: “Invalid Payment Program The payment program is missing or is not equal to HCP, RMB, WCB.”
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 VH3
Set a valid payment program - HCP for OHIP, RMB for reciprocal / out-of-province, or WCB for workplace claims - and resubmit.
Eligibility and health card codes relate to the patient's health number, version code, or OHIP eligibility on the date of service. Most are fixed by re-checking the card (or using Health Card Validation) and correcting the patient details before resubmitting.
Related codes
- VH0Header 2 and HN Present Claim Header-2 present on MRI claim submitted with Health Number in Claim Header-1
- VH1Health Number is missing/invalid
- VH2Health Number is Missing Health Number is not present (Payment program is HCP or WCB)
- VH4Invalid Version Code
- VH5OHIP Number Required for Service Date
- VH6Mixed Service Dates
- VH7Health number and OHIP number on same claim
- VHBNo HN Required for FSC A non-encounter service claim submitted with a Health Number
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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.