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V18: There are insufficient funds. Please review the claim.
An NDIA bulk payment request rejection code, from the NDIA’s own guide (December 2025).
V18
The message
“There are insufficient funds. Please review the claim.”
What it means
There are not enough flexible funds.
Other validation codes
- V01: The NDIA is unable to pay this claim. The service provider was under a banning order issued by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
- V03: The support start date for the claim cannot be after the support end date.
- V04: This claim has been identified as a duplicate. Please review the claim history.
- V10: The support item selected can not be claimed.
- V11: The service provider is either not listed under the participant's my providers for the specific support category, or they are on the list but not for the support dates.
- V14: This service provider is not recorded as the Support Coordinator or Recovery Coach for the support period.
- V15: This service provider is not recorded as the Plan Manager for the support period.
- V16: The NDIS support selected was not funded in the plan when the support was delivered.
What this tool follows
- NDIS myplace provider portal: Bulk payment requests self-help guide for providers (December 2025): Part 3, payment request rejections
General information only, not financial, legal or claiming advice. Always check a claim against the current official documents.
Questions people ask
What does NDIS claim rejection V18 mean?
V18: "There are insufficient funds. Please review the claim." There are not enough flexible funds.
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