Gastrointestinal tract
Video capsule endoscopy for diagnosing obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
2 January 2019
Published on 02 Jan 2019
Last Updated on 02 Jan 2019
Guidance Recommendation
The Ministry of Health’s MTAC has recommended:
Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) as a diagnostic modality for patients with suspected obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB), in the absence of known or recognised contraindications, after upper and lower GI sources of bleeding have been excluded with negative oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) and colonoscopy.
VCE should not be used in patients who require immediate intervention, including those with massive haemodynamically unstable bleeding.
Subsidy status
VCE is subsidised for eligible patients when used in line with the abovementioned indication.
VCE for diagnosing obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (2 Jan 2019) [PDF, 457 KB]