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G214A — Brachial plexus nerve block

Brachial plexus block

Bill G214 for a brachial plexus nerve block; for acute pain with a block over 4 hours, the listing is G260.

Watch for: Not payable for a block given with your own procedure, except a post-operative pain block billed as G224.

Code

G214A

Description

Brachial plexus nerve block

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

Brachial plexus nerve block, listed with peripheral and other nerve blocks.

What it covers

G214 is a brachial plexus block, under Nerve Blocks – Peripheral/Other Injections (J80).

A brachial plexus block for acute pain is also listed as G260 (major plexus block) under Nerve Blocks for Acute Pain Management. That listing needs a block lasting more than 4 hours (J70, J71).

Billing rules

• Not payable when you give the block in conjunction with your own diagnostic, therapeutic or surgical procedure, except G224 for a post-operative pain block (J79).
• Overall maximum of 8 nerve blocks per patient per day; a block defined as bilateral counts as two (J79).
• Image guidance fees (nerve stimulation, ultrasound, fluoroscopy) aren't payable in addition (J79).
• Topical anaesthesia or local infiltration used as an anaesthetic isn't payable, and injection codes listed elsewhere can't be added for the same injection (J79).
• Add E958 (+50%) when alcohol or another sclerosing solution is used (J82).
• When an anaesthetist gives a post-operative analgesia block in support of another physician's surgery, only the blocks listed under Acute Pain Management are payable (J70 commentary).

Often billed with

• G279 percutaneous nerve block catheter insertion (J81).
• E958 when a sclerosing solution is used (J82).

Related codes: G260, G060, G279, G231, G243

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures, Nerve Blocks - Peripheral/Other Injections, page J80; preamble J79.

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