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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
35404 - Additional Information
DOSIMETRY, HANDLING AND INJECTION OF SIR-SPHERES for selective internal radiation therapy of hepatic metastases which are secondary to colorectal cancer and are not suitable for resection or ablation, used in combination with systemic chemotherapy using 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and leucovorin, not being a service to which item 35317, 35319, 35320 or 35321 applies
The procedure must be performed by a specialist or consultant physician recognised in the specialties of nuclear medicine or radiation oncology on an admitted patient in a hospital. To be claimed once in the patient's lifetime only.
Fee: $381.50 Benefit: 75% = $286.15
(See para TN.3.1, TN.8.40 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.8.40
Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) using SIR-Spheres - (Items 35404, 35406 and 35408)
These items were introduced into the Schedule on an interim basis in May 2006 following a recommendation of the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) pending the outcome of clinical trials and further consideration by the MSAC. SIRT should not be performed in an outpatient or day patient setting to ensure patient and radiation safety requirements are met.
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