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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
42698 - Additional Information
Item Start Date:
01-Dec-1991
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2001
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023
Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
9 - Ophthalmology
LENS EXTRACTION, excluding surgery performed for the correction of refractive error except for anisometropia greater than 3 dioptres following the removal of cataract in the first eye
(Anaes.)
Fee: $654.60 Benefit: 75% = $490.95 85% = $556.45
(See para TN.8.80 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Associated Notes
Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.8.80
Cataract surgery (Items 42698 and 42701)
Items 42698 and 42701 provide for intraocular lens extraction and replacement as a separate procedure to be used in instances when lens removal and replacements are contraindicated at the same operation, such as in patients presenting with proliferative diabetic retinopathy or recurrent uveitis.
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- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
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