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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
30297 - Additional Information
Item Start Date:
31-Oct-1992
Description Updated:
01-Nov-1992
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023
Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
1 - General
THYROIDECTOMY following previous thyroid surgery
(Anaes.) (Assist.)
Fee: $1,126.80 Benefit: 75% = $845.10
(See para TN.8.138 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Associated Notes
Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.8.138
Re-exploratory thyroid surgery (item 30297)
Item 30297 is for re-exploratory thyroid surgery where prior thyroid surgery and associated scar tissue increases the complexity of surgery. For completion hemithyroidectomy on the contralateral side to a previous hemithyroidectomy for thyroid cancer, item 30306 is the appropriate item.
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- Assist - Addition/Deletion of (Assist.)
- Amend - Amended Description
- Anaes - Anaesthetic Values Amended
- Emsn - EMSN Change
- Fee - Fee Amended
- Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
- Qfe - QFE Change