Lesson 6.3 · 5 min

Diagnosis data and the BIQG from 2028

Open in the coursewith narrated slides, a checklist to tick off and a quiz

At a glance

1 January 2028. Dentists and group practices with insurer contracts send diagnoses and treatments under the Documentation Act with their billing.
The social security number. Along with the data under § 6(3) of the Documentation Act, the social security number goes to the insurer.
Quarterly. First quarter by 31 May, second by 31 August, third by 30 November, fourth by 28 February of the next year.
The regulation. Format, data set and diagnosis classification are still to be set by the health minister by regulation. On 7 October 2026 it hadn't been issued.
The BIQG. On the same day the BIQG takes over evaluation and inspection. The running evaluation must be finished by 31 December 2027.

In detail

Diagnoses and treatments to the insurer

Self-employed dentists and dental group practices with insurer contracts must, from 1 January 2028, send the health insurers, as part of their billing and for the purposes of the Health Documentation Act (DokuG), the data under § 6(3) DokuG, that is details of the patient, the practice, the contact, the treatments and the diagnoses, and the social security number for reimbursable treatments § 19(7) ZÄG § 90(19) ZÄG.

Quarter	Send by
1st quarter	31 May of the same year
2nd quarter	31 August of the same year
3rd quarter	30 November of the same year
4th quarter	28 February of the following year

So the first deadline is 31 May 2028, for the first quarter of 2028 § 19(7) ZÄG.

The health minister must make sure the transmission is possible in a suitable form § 19(8) ZÄG and sets, among other things, the method, the data set structure and the diagnosis classification by regulation § 19(9) ZÄG. These paragraphs came with Federal Law Gazette I No. 64/2026. Today's version of § 19 doesn't contain them yet; the link below shows the version from 1 January 2028. The regulation under para. 9 had not been issued by 7 October 2026.

Quality assurance changes hands

The evaluation running under the ÖZÄK-QSV 2022 must be finished by 31 December 2027 at the latest § 90(15) ZÄG § 126(15) ZÄKG.
From 1 January 2028 the BIQG evaluates and inspects; the self-evaluation stays with the Dental Chamber § 8a GQG § 11(4) GQG.
The regulation with the criteria may be issued from 1 July 2026 and enters into force on 1 January 2028; on 7 October 2026 it hadn't been issued yet § 9b(2) GQG § 11(4) GQG.

What the BIQG does about deficiencies, and what obstruction costs, is in lesson 1.3.

Checklist

We know whether we have an insurer contract and so send diagnoses from 2028.
We already record diagnoses in a way that lets them be sent.
The four quarterly deadlines are in our calendar, the first on 31 May 2028.
We ask our software supplier when they will implement the regulation.
Our running evaluation will be finished before 31 December 2027.

Quiz

By when must the data for the first quarter of 2028 be sent?

30 April 2028
31 March 2028
31 May 2028
31 December 2028

Show the answer

The answer is C: 31 May 2028. The transmission for the first quarter must be made by 31 May of the same year (§ 19(7) ZÄG, applicable from 1 January 2028).

Sources

This lesson's statements rest on:

Not legal advice. What counts is the acts and regulations in the Federal Legal Information System and the Austrian Dental Chamber's regulations (read on 7 October 2026). The health minister's regulation with the criteria from 2028 (§ 9b(2) GQG) had not been issued on that day. Not covered are insurer contracts, billing, data protection in detail and the employer's duties under the Worker Protection Act in detail; there is a separate course on those at aschg.globalapps.top. Not an offer of the Austrian Dental Chamber, a regional dental chamber, the BIQG or the Chamber of Commerce.