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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
164 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician for a period of 5 hours or more (other than a service to which another item applies) on a patient in imminent danger of death
Fee: $812.75 Benefit: 75% = $609.60 100% = $812.75
(See para AN.0.27 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
AN.0.27
Prolonged Attendance in Treatment of a Critical Condition (Items 160 164)
The conditions to be met before services covered by items 160‑164 attract benefits are:‑
(i) the patient must be in imminent danger of death;
(ii) if the personal attendance is not continuous, the occasion on which the service is provided is taken to be the total time of the attendance; and
(iii) if personal attendance on a single patient is provided by 1 or more general practitioners, specialists or consultant physicians concurrently, each general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician may claim an attendance fee.
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