Updated in June 2016

Appendix 1.13 - Responsibility for Payment Codes

The table below contains a list of codes specified in CIHI’s National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) manual: Field 04: Responsibility for Payment

 

Responsibility for Payment identifies the primary source responsible for payment of hospitalization/service(s) rendered.

Code

Description

01

Provincial/territorial responsibility

02

Workers’ Compensation Board/Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WCB/WSIB), Workers’ Service Insurance Board or equivalent

03

Other province/territory (resident of Canada)

04

Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)/Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

05

First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (formerly called the Medical Service Branch [MSB])

06

Other federal government (Department of National Defence, Citizenship and Immigration), or penitentiary inmates

07

Canadian resident self-pay

08

Other country resident self-pay

Blank

Stillbirth or Cadaver

 

Source: National Ambulatory Care Reporting (NACRS) FY 16/17

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