Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 63489

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Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES

63489

63489 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2021
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2021
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
I5 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Subgroup
19 - Scan Of Body - For Specified Conditions

MRI—scan of one breast, performed in conjunction with a biopsy procedure on that breast and an ultrasound scan of that breast, if:

(a) the request for the MRI scan identifies that the patient has a suspicious lesion seen on MRI but not on conventional imaging; and

(b) the ultrasound scan is performed immediately before the MRI scan and confirms that the lesion is not amenable to biopsy guided by conventional imaging; and

(c) a dedicated breast coil is used (R)

 

Bulk bill incentive

(Anaes.)

Fee: $1,066.30 Benefit: 75% = $799.75 85% = $967.60


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