Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 91838

 Phone attendance for a person by a consultant psychiatrist; if:

(a)   the attendance follows a referral of the patient to the consultant psychiatrist by a referring practitioner and

(b)   the attendance was at least 15 minutes, but not more than 30 minutes in duration;

Where the attendance is after the first attendance as part of a single course of treatment, if that attendance and another attendance to which item 296, 297, 299 or any of items 300, 302, 304, 306 to 308, 91827 to 91831, 91837, 91839 and 92437 applies have not exceeded 50 attendances in a calendar year

Fee: $96.60 Benefit: 85% = $82.15

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $289.80

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