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Billing code

E798A

Complicated upper GI bleeding

Add for treating upper GI bleeding in a haemodynamically unstable patient who is actively bleeding during the endoscopy.

Watch for: Must be billed with Z399, Z400 or Z584; if the patient isn't unstable and actively bleeding, bill E797.

Code

E798A

FHO+ basket

Not in the FHO+ base rate basket (Schedule 2 or 2B).

Effective date

Apr 1, 2025

Termination date

No end date

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Add-on for managing complicated upper GI bleeding in a haemodynamically unstable patient who is actively bleeding during endoscopy.

What it covers

E798 is added to an oesophagoscopy-gastroscopy for management of complicated upper gastrointestinal bleeding, by any technique, in a haemodynamically unstable patient with active bleeding during the endoscopy (S7).

It is also listed as an add-on to small bowel push enteroscopy Z584 (S15). Uncomplicated bleeding is E797 (S7).

Billing rules

• Add-on only: bill with oesophagoscopy-gastroscopy (Z399 or Z400) or small bowel push enteroscopy Z584 (S7, S15).
• The patient must be haemodynamically unstable and actively bleeding during the endoscopy; otherwise bill E797 for uncomplicated bleeding (S7).

Often billed with

• Z400 oesophagoscopy-gastroscopy for active bleeding (S7).

Common rejections

• ADF: The add-on's base procedure (Z399, Z400 or Z584) is missing, invalid or paid at zero; bill the add-on on the same claim as a payable base code.

Related codes: Z400, Z399, E797, Z584

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Digestive System Surgical Procedures, Oesophagus, page S7; also Intestines, page S15.

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