Billing code
Z360A — Bronchoscopy - Emergency Rigid Bronchoscopy For Obstructed Airway
Emergency rigid bronchoscopy
Bill for emergency rigid bronchoscopy to clear an obstructed airway in a life-threatening emergency when the patient isn't intubated.
Watch for: No other bronchoscopy, and no critical care code by you that day, is payable with Z360.
| Provider | Specialist | Assistant | Anaesthetist | Non-anaesthetist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $474.65 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
- Code
- Z360A
- Description
- Bronchoscopy - Emergency Rigid Bronchoscopy For Obstructed Airway
- 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
Emergency rigid bronchoscopy for an obstructed airway in a life-threatening emergency when the patient is not intubated.
What it covers
Z360 is an emergency rigid bronchoscopy to relieve an obstructed airway (P9). It is only for life-threatening emergencies where the patient is not intubated (P9).
It is a Z-coded independent operative procedure, marked # (premises and equipment are not part of the fee) (SP4, SP1).
Billing rules
- Only payable in a life-threatening emergency where the patient is not intubated (P9).
- No other bronchoscopy service is payable with Z360 (P9).
- Life-threatening critical care and other critical care services are not payable to the same physician, same patient, same day (P9).
- When bronchoscopy is done with laryngoscopy or oesophagoscopy, only the bronchoscopy is payable (P9).
- Non-elective procedure: when done after hours, the E409 (+50%) or E410 (+75%) after-hours premium may apply (SP2, GP103).
- Age premiums apply to surgical procedures for patients under 16 (GP64).
Often billed with
- E409 or E410 after-hours premium for non-elective surgery started evenings, nights, weekends or holidays (SP2, GP103).
Common rejections
- ADH: OHIP describes this as 'Cannot be billed together': no other bronchoscopy code, and no critical care code by the same physician that day, is payable with Z360 (P9).
Related codes: Z327, E846, E632, G521, G395
Source: Schedule of Benefits (July 1, 2026), Respiratory Surgical Procedures, Trachea and Bronchi, page P9.
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