How to request OHIP gender confirming surgery approval — and autofill 5041-77 with my-id.ca
Apply for prior OHIP funding for gender confirming surgery without retyping patient and provider details
Physicians and nurse practitioners submitting prior approval for insured sex-reassignment (gender confirming) surgery repeat patient name, health number, assessor information, and facility details on every ministry application. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Gender confirming surgery — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Request for Prior Approval for Funding of Sex-Reassignment Surgery — 5041-77
What this form is about
Form 5041-77 is the Request for Prior Approval for Funding of Sex-Reassignment Surgery, completed by a health care provider on behalf of a patient seeking OHIP-insured gender confirming surgery before the procedure takes place — confirm assessment requirements on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Patient full legal name and Ontario health number.
- Referring physician or nurse practitioner name and contact.
- WPATH assessment letters and supporting clinical documentation — confirm on ontario.ca.
- Proposed procedure, facility, and service location (Ontario, another province, or out of country).
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your patient health number and referring provider contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Must approval be received before surgery?
- Yes — OHIP generally requires ministry approval before the procedure to fund insured transition-related surgery — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills patient health numbers and provider contacts; clinical assessments remain with your care team.
- What assessments are required?
- Confirm current WPATH-aligned assessment rules for genital versus chest surgery on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.