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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
15700 - Additional Information
RADIATION ONCOLOGY TREATMENT VERIFICATION - single projection (with single or double exposures) - when prescribed and reviewed by a radiation oncologist and not associated with item 15705 or 15710 - each attendance at which treatment is verified (ie maximum one per attendance).
Fee: $50.60 Benefit: 75% = $37.95 85% = $43.05
(See para TN.2.4 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.2.4
Treatment Verification - (Items 15700 to 15705, 15710, 15715 and 15800)
In these items, 'treatment verification' means:
A quality assurance procedure designed to facilitate accurate and reproducible delivery of the radiotherapy/brachytherapy to the prescribed site(s) or region(s) of the body as defined in the treatment prescription and/or associated dose plan(s) and which utilises the capture and assessment of appropriate images using:
(a) x-rays (this includes portal imaging, either megavoltage or kilovoltage, using a linear accelerator)
(b) computed tomography; or
(c) ultrasound, where the ultrasound equipment is capable of producing images in at least three dimensions (unidimensional ultrasound is not covered); together with a record of the assessment(s) and any correction(s) of significant treatment delivery inaccuracies detected.
Item 15700 covers the acquisition of images in one plane and incorporates both single or double exposures. The item may be itemised once only per attendance for treatment, irrespective of the number of treatment sites verified at that attendance.
Item 15705 (multiple projections) applies where images in more that one plane are taken, for example orthogonal views to confirm the isocentre. It can be itemised only where verification is undertaken of treatments involving three or more fields. It can be itemised where single projections are acquired for multiple sites, eg multiple metastases for palliative patients. Item 15705 can be itemized only once per attendance for treatment, irrespective of the number of treatment sites verified at that attendance.
15710 applies to volumetric verification imaging using acquisition by computed tomography. It can be itemised only where verification is undertaken of treatments involving three or more fields and only once per attendance for treatment, irrespective of the number of treatment sites verified at that attendance.
Items 15700, 15705, 15710 and 15715:
- may not claimed together for the same attendance at which treatment is rendered
- must only be itemised when the verification procedure has been prescribed in the treatment plan and the image has been reviewed by a radiation oncologist
Item 15800 - Benefits are payable once only per attendance at which treatment is verified.
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