Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 12001

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Category 2 - DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12001

12001 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2018
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2018
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
D1 - Miscellaneous Diagnostic Procedures And Investigations
Subgroup
9 - Allergy Testing

Skin prick testing for aeroallergens, including all allergens tested on the same day, not being a service associated with a service to which item 12000, 12002, 12005, 12012, 12017, 12021, 12022 or 12024 applies.

Applicable only once in any 12 month period

Fee: $42.85 Benefit: 75% = $32.15 85% = $36.45

(See para DN.1.22 of explanatory notes to this Category)


Associated Notes

Category 2 - DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATIONS

DN.1.22

Skin Prick Testing (items 12000-12005)

Skin prick testing and Intradermal testing should always be performed in a medical setting with the ready availability of medical practitioners competent to treat systemic allergic reactions, and appropriate resuscitation equipment. Because intradermal testing carries a higher risk of anaphylaxis it should only be performed in a hospital setting (or equivalent) by either a specialist or consultant physician with proficiency and experience in all aspects of skin testing for allergy.

Item 12003 should only be used by appropriately trained doctors such as allergist immunologists or equivalently trained medical practitioners. An alternative to Skin Prick Testing (SPT) is serum specific IgE food allergen testing. Serum specific IgE (ssIgE) allergy blood testing to food panels is not recommended.

Item 12004 should only be used by appropriately trained doctors such as allergist immunologists or equivalently trained medical practitioners.

Item 12005 should only be used by appropriately trained doctors such as allergist immunologists, anaesthetists or equivalently trained medical practitioners.

Related Items: 12000 12001 12002 12003 12004 12005


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