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Billing code

G371A — each additional injection, aspiration up to 5

Extra joint or bursa injection

Bill G371 with G370 for each additional bursa, joint, ganglion or tendon sheath injected or aspirated, up to 5.

Watch for: Bill it only with G370; aspirated complex joints are G329 with G328, not G371.

Code

G371A

Description

each additional injection, aspiration up to 5

FHO+ basket

Covered by the FHO+ base rate payment for enrolled patients, and shadow billed at 30% (50% for Schedule 2B procedures).

Effective date

Apr 1, 2025

Termination date

No end date

Explanation

Updated October 26, 2026

Each additional bursa, joint, ganglion or tendon sheath injected or aspirated with G370 at the same visit, to a maximum of 5.

What it covers

G371 is billed with G370 for each additional bursa, joint, ganglion or tendon sheath injected and/or aspirated, to a maximum of 5 (J53). G370 covers the first site.

Additional complex joints that are aspirated are billed as G329 with G328, not as G371 (J53).

Billing rules

• Billed only with G370: one G371 per additional site, to a maximum of 5 (J53).
• Only one of G370, G371, G328 and G329 per bursa, joint or complex joint (J53).
• Not payable with a surgical procedure on the same site or area (J53).
• Olecranon bursa aspiration and/or injection is billed only as G370/G371 (J53).
• Uninsured for injection of intra-articular viscosupplementation agents such as hyaluronic acid (J53).
• E542 is printed as an add-on to G370 and G328, not to G371 (J53). G371 isn't marked (+); the G700 sole-visit premium comes through G370 (J3, J53).
• Not payable in addition to a facet or sacroiliac joint injection from the interventional pain section for the same injection procedure (J74).
• FHO: a Schedule 2 core service (Agreement p.77) and a Schedule 4 office procedure for the office procedures special payment (Agreement p.67 §8.7, p.93). Schedule 4's description says 'to a max of 3', but the Schedule of Benefits limit is 5 (J53).

Often billed with

• G370 for the first site (J53).
• E542 on the G370 line when done outside hospital (J53).
• E446 when an additional peripheral joint injection has to be repeated under image guidance after a failed blind attempt (J53).
• A007 or another assessment the same day; procedures are payable in addition to an assessment (J3).

Related codes: G370, G328, G329, E542, E446, G700

Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures, Injections or Infusions, page J53

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