diff --git a/reconstruction/cvt/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/cvt/banks/HitReader.java b/reconstruction/cvt/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/cvt/banks/HitReader.java
index 18ceecc6f0..2bb5fb924f 100644
--- a/reconstruction/cvt/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/cvt/banks/HitReader.java
+++ b/reconstruction/cvt/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/cvt/banks/HitReader.java
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ public void fetch_SVTHits(DataEvent event, int omitLayer, int omitHemisphere,
                     continue; // ignore hits TDC hits with ADC==-1 
                 }
                 int order   = bankDGTZ.getByte(BST_adc.order, i);
-                int id      = i + 1;
+                int id      = bankDGTZ.trueIndex(i) + 1;
                 int sector  = bankDGTZ.getByte(BST_adc.sector, i);
                 int layer   = bankDGTZ.getByte(BST_adc.layer, i);
                 int strip   = bankDGTZ.getShort(BST_adc.component, i);
diff --git a/reconstruction/cvt/src/test/java/org/jlab/rec/cvt/banks/BSTHitReaderTest.java b/reconstruction/cvt/src/test/java/org/jlab/rec/cvt/banks/BSTHitReaderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4058d21700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reconstruction/cvt/src/test/java/org/jlab/rec/cvt/banks/BSTHitReaderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package org.jlab.rec.cvt.banks;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.jlab.detector.banks.RawBank.OrderType;
+import org.jlab.detector.base.DetectorType;
+import org.jlab.io.base.DataBank;
+import org.jlab.io.base.DataEvent;
+import org.jlab.analysis.physics.TestEvent;
+import org.jlab.rec.cvt.bmt.BMTType;
+import org.jlab.rec.cvt.cluster.Cluster;
+import org.jlab.rec.cvt.hit.Hit;
+import org.jlab.rec.cvt.services.CVTEngine;
+import org.jlab.utils.groups.IndexedTable;
+
+public class BSTHitReaderTest {
+
+    private static final int NOMINAL = OrderType.NOMINAL.getTypeId();
+    private static final int BACKGROUND = OrderType.BGADDED_NOMINAL.getTypeId();
+    private static final int REMOVED = OrderType.BGREMOVED.getTypeId();
+    private static String previousClas12Dir;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void initializeGeometry() {
+        previousClas12Dir = System.getProperty("CLAS12DIR");
+        System.setProperty("CLAS12DIR", "../../");
+        CVTEngine engine = new CVTEngine();
+        assertTrue(engine.init());
+        engine.detectorChanged(11);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void restoreResourcePath() {
+        if (previousClas12Dir == null) {
+            System.clearProperty("CLAS12DIR");
+        } else {
+            System.setProperty("CLAS12DIR", previousClas12Dir);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void leadingOrderFilteredRowPreservesOriginalIds() {
+        assertHitReferences(new int[]{REMOVED, NOMINAL, BACKGROUND},
+                new int[]{2, 3, 4}, new int[]{2, 3});
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void interiorOrderFilteredRowPreservesOriginalIds() {
+        assertHitReferences(new int[]{NOMINAL, REMOVED, NOMINAL},
+                new int[]{2, 3, 4}, new int[]{1, 3});
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void unfilteredRowsKeepTheirIds() {
+        assertHitReferences(new int[]{NOMINAL, NOMINAL, BACKGROUND},
+                new int[]{2, 3, 4}, new int[]{1, 2, 3});
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void timingRowDoesNotRenumberTheFollowingHit() {
+        assertHitReferences(new int[]{NOMINAL, NOMINAL},
+                new int[]{-1, 3}, new int[]{2});
+    }
+
+    private static void assertHitReferences(int[] orders, int[] adcs, int[] expectedRawRows) {
+        // Reuse the repository's event/schema factory, retaining no fixture hits.
+        DataEvent event = TestEvent.get(DetectorType.CVT);
+        event.removeBanks(event.getBankList());
+        assertEquals(0, event.getBankList().length);
+        DataBank raw = event.createBank("BST::adc", orders.length);
+        IndexedTable status = new IndexedTable(3, "status/I");
+        for (int row = 0; row < orders.length; row++) {
+            int strip = adcs[row] < 0 ? 1 : 10 + row;
+            raw.setByte("sector", row, (byte) 1);
+            raw.setByte("layer", row, (byte) 1);
+            raw.setShort("component", row, (short) strip);
+            raw.setInt("ADC", row, adcs[row]);
+            raw.setByte("order", row, (byte) orders[row]);
+            raw.setFloat("time", row, 10 + row);
+            status.addEntry(1, 1, strip);
+            status.setIntValue(0, "status", 1, 1, strip);
+        }
+        event.appendBank(raw);
+        IndexedTable adcStatus = new IndexedTable(3, "adcstatus/I");
+        adcStatus.addEntry(0, 0, 0);
+        adcStatus.setIntValue(0, "adcstatus", 0, 0, 0);
+
+        HitReader reader = new HitReader();
+        reader.fetch_SVTHits(event, -1, -1, status, adcStatus);
+        List<Hit> hits = reader.getSVTHits();
+        assertEquals(expectedRawRows.length, hits.size());
+
+        // Assemble one synthetic cluster to check the bank writer's references.
+        Cluster cluster = new Cluster(DetectorType.BST, BMTType.UNDEFINED, 1, 1, 1);
+        cluster.addAll(hits);
+        cluster.calc_CentroidParams();
+        DataBank hitBank = RecoBankWriter.fillSVTHitBank(event, hits, "BST::Hits");
+        DataBank clusterBank = RecoBankWriter.fillSVTClusterBank(event,
+                List.of(cluster), "BST::Clusters");
+        assertNotNull(hitBank);
+        assertNotNull(clusterBank);
+        assertEquals(expectedRawRows.length, hitBank.rows());
+        assertEquals(1, clusterBank.rows());
+        assertEquals(expectedRawRows.length, clusterBank.getShort("size", 0));
+        for (int index = 0; index < expectedRawRows.length; index++) {
+            int rawRow = expectedRawRows[index] - 1;
+            // The physical strip independently identifies its original ADC row.
+            assertEquals(raw.getShort("component", rawRow), hits.get(index).getStrip().getStrip());
+            assertEquals("Hit ID must reference the original ADC row",
+                    expectedRawRows[index], hits.get(index).getId());
+            assertEquals(expectedRawRows[index], hitBank.getShort("ID", index));
+            assertEquals("Cluster reference must use the original ADC row ID",
+                    expectedRawRows[index], clusterBank.getShort("Hit" + (index + 1) + "_ID", 0));
+        }
+    }
+}