diff --git a/bigtable/bigtable.go b/bigtable/bigtable.go
index bee6dc6dbd83..841dc8751fe0 100644
--- a/bigtable/bigtable.go
+++ b/bigtable/bigtable.go
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ func (c *Client) prepareStatementWithMetadata(ctx context.Context, query string,
 
 	preparedStatement, err = c.prepareStatement(ctx, mt, query, paramTypes, opts...)
 	statusCode, statusErr := convertToGrpcStatusErr(err)
-	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode.String())
+	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode)
 	return preparedStatement, statusErr
 }
 
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func (bs *BoundStatement) Execute(ctx context.Context, f func(ResultRow) bool, o
 
 	err = bs.execute(ctx, f, mt)
 	statusCode, statusErr := convertToGrpcStatusErr(err)
-	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode.String())
+	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode)
 	return statusErr
 }
 
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ func (t *Table) ReadRows(ctx context.Context, arg RowSet, f func(Row) bool, opts
 
 	err = t.readRows(ctx, arg, f, mt, opts...)
 	statusCode, statusErr := convertToGrpcStatusErr(err)
-	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode.String())
+	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode)
 	return statusErr
 }
 
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ func (t *Table) Apply(ctx context.Context, row string, m *Mutation, opts ...Appl
 
 	err = t.apply(ctx, mt, row, m, opts...)
 	statusCode, statusErr := convertToGrpcStatusErr(err)
-	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode.String())
+	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode)
 	return statusErr
 }
 
@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ func (t *Table) applyGroup(ctx context.Context, group []*entryErr, opts ...Apply
 	}, t.c.retryOption)
 
 	statusCode, statusErr := convertToGrpcStatusErr(err)
-	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode.String())
+	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode)
 	return statusErr
 }
 
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ func (t *Table) ApplyReadModifyWrite(ctx context.Context, row string, m *ReadMod
 
 	updatedRow, err := t.applyReadModifyWrite(ctx, mt, row, m)
 	statusCode, statusErr := convertToGrpcStatusErr(err)
-	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode.String())
+	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode)
 	return updatedRow, statusErr
 }
 
@@ -2234,7 +2234,7 @@ func (t *Table) SampleRowKeys(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 
 	rowKeys, err := t.sampleRowKeys(ctx, mt)
 	statusCode, statusErr := convertToGrpcStatusErr(err)
-	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode.String())
+	mt.setCurrOpStatus(statusCode)
 	return rowKeys, statusErr
 }
 
diff --git a/bigtable/metrics.go b/bigtable/metrics.go
index 738dc6372d20..8e67f855244b 100644
--- a/bigtable/metrics.go
+++ b/bigtable/metrics.go
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
 	"cloud.google.com/go/bigtable/internal"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	sdkmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/stats"
 )
@@ -176,6 +180,8 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	sharedLatencyStatsHandler = &latencyStatsHandler{}
+
+	camel = regexp.MustCompile("([a-z0-9])([A-Z])")
 )
 
 type metricInfo struct {
@@ -727,12 +733,16 @@ func (mt *builtinMetricsTracer) recordOperationCompletion() {
 	mt.instrumentAppBlockingLatencies.Record(mt.ctx, mt.currOp.appBlockingLatency, metric.WithAttributeSet(appBlockingLatAttrs))
 }
 
-func (mt *builtinMetricsTracer) setCurrOpStatus(status string) {
+func (mt *builtinMetricsTracer) setCurrOpStatus(code codes.Code) {
 	if !mt.builtInEnabled {
 		return
 	}
 
-	mt.currOp.setStatus(status)
+	mt.currOp.setStatus(canonicalString(code))
+}
+
+func canonicalString(c codes.Code) string {
+	return strings.ToUpper(camel.ReplaceAllString(c.String(), "${1}_${2}"))
 }
 
 func (mt *builtinMetricsTracer) incrementAppBlockingLatency(latency float64) {
diff --git a/bigtable/metrics_test.go b/bigtable/metrics_test.go
index 368405986010..cc86a9166555 100644
--- a/bigtable/metrics_test.go
+++ b/bigtable/metrics_test.go
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ func TestToOtelMetricAttrs(t *testing.T) {
 		method:      "ReadRows",
 		isStreaming: true,
 		currOp: opTracer{
-			status: codes.OK.String(),
+			status: canonicalString(codes.OK),
 			currAttempt: attemptTracer{
 				startTime: time.Now(),
 				clusterID: "my-cluster",
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ func TestToOtelMetricAttrs(t *testing.T) {
 				attribute.String(monitoredResLabelKeyTable, "my-table"),
 				attribute.String(metricLabelKeyMethod, "ReadRows"),
 				attribute.Bool(metricLabelKeyStreamingOperation, true),
-				attribute.String(metricLabelKeyStatus, codes.OK.String()),
+				attribute.String(metricLabelKeyStatus, canonicalString(codes.OK)),
 				attribute.String(monitoredResLabelKeyCluster, clusterID1),
 				attribute.String(monitoredResLabelKeyZone, zoneID1),
 			},
@@ -936,6 +936,11 @@ func TestFirstResponseLatencyWithDelayedStream(t *testing.T) {
 				// Metric does not match target client UID. Skipping
 				continue
 			}
+
+			wantStatus := canonicalString(codes.OK)
+			if strings.Contains(metricType, metricNameFirstRespLatencies) && ts.GetMetric().GetLabels()[metricLabelKeyStatus] != wantStatus {
+				t.Errorf("Incorrect status:  got: %v, want: %v", ts.GetMetric().GetLabels()[metricLabelKeyStatus], wantStatus)
+			}
 			// If we reach here, the metric belongs to our test client instance
 			foundMetricsForClientUID = append(foundMetricsForClientUID, metricType)
 
@@ -1142,7 +1147,6 @@ func TestApplicationLatencies(t *testing.T) {
 				if _, exists := metricLabels[metricLabelKeyStreamingOperation]; exists {
 					t.Errorf("Label %s should not be present for %s", metricLabelKeyStreamingOperation, expectedMetricType)
 				}
-
 				resLabels := ts.GetResource().GetLabels()
 				if tblName, ok := resLabels[monitoredResLabelKeyTable]; (ok && tblName != tableID && tblName != "") || !ok {
 					t.Errorf("Label %s: got %q, want %q for resource %s", monitoredResLabelKeyTable, tblName, tableID, ts.GetResource())
@@ -1155,3 +1159,22 @@ func TestApplicationLatencies(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to find metric %s for client UID %s", expectedMetricType, clientUID)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCanonicalString(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		code codes.Code
+		want string
+	}{
+		{codes.OK, "OK"},
+		{codes.Canceled, "CANCELED"},
+		{codes.DeadlineExceeded, "DEADLINE_EXCEEDED"},
+		{codes.Code(100), "CODE(100)"},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		got := canonicalString(test.code)
+		if got != test.want {
+			t.Errorf("canonicalString(%v) = %q, want %q", test.code, got, test.want)
+		}
+	}
+}