Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 40860

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

40860

40860 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2006
Description Updated:
01-Jul-2009
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
7 - Neurosurgical
Subheading
15 - Stereotactic Procedures

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (unilateral) target localisation incorporating anatomical and physiological techniques, including intra-operative clinical evaluation, for the insertion of a single neurostimulation wire for the treatment of:


Parkinson's disease where the patient's response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or

Essential tremor or dystonia where the patient's symptoms cause severe disability.

Multiple Operation Rule

(Anaes.)

Fee: $2,226.40 Benefit: 75% = $1,669.80

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