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Category 2 - DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATIONS
11731 - Additional Information
Item Start Date:
01-Mar-2021
Description Updated:
01-Mar-2021
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023
Group
D1 - Miscellaneous Diagnostic Procedures And Investigations
Subgroup
6 - Cardiovascular
Implanted electrocardiogram loop recording, by a medical practitioner, including reprogramming (if required), retrieval of stored data, analysis, interpretation and report, if the service is:
(a) an investigation for a patient with:
(i) cryptogenic stroke; or
(ii) recurrent unexplained syncope; and
(b) not a service to which item 38285 applies
Applicable only once in any 4 week period
Fee: $38.25 Benefit: 75% = $28.70 85% = $32.55
(See para DN.1.27 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Associated Notes
Category 2 - DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATIONS
DN.1.27
Implanted ECG Loop Recording (Item 11731)
- Also permissible for babies, young children and other patients, due to the patient’s age, cognitive capacity or expressive language impairment, where symptoms have not been satisfactorily investigated by other methods.
- Discussions of the results, findings or interpretation of a study are reasonably expected to be part of a formal report. Discussion of these findings with a patient does not constitute a consult. Similarly, discussion(s) during the course of a study or to determine the safety or appropriateness of the study is part of the service and should not be claimed as a consult.
Related Items: 11731
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- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
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