Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 42701

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

42701

42701 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Dec-1991
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2012
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
9 - Ophthalmology

INTRAOCULAR LENS, insertion of, 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

Multiple Operation Rule

(Anaes.)

Fee: $365.05 Benefit: 75% = $273.80 85% = $310.30

(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.

Related Items: 42698 42701


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  • 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