Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 11240

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Category 2 - DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATIONS

11240

11240 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Mar-1999
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2004
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
D1 - Miscellaneous Diagnostic Procedures And Investigations
Subgroup
2 - Ophthalmology

ORBITAL CONTENTS, unidimensional ultrasonic echography or partial coherence interferometry of, for the measurement of one eye prior to lens surgery on that eye, not being a service associated with a service to which items in Group I1 of Category 5 apply.

Fee: $89.65 Benefit: 75% = $67.25 85% = $76.25

(See para DN.1.8 of explanatory notes to this Category)


Associated Notes

Category 2 - DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATIONS

DN.1.8

Orbital Contents - (Items 11240, 11241, 11242 and 11243)

Items 11240 and 11241 may only be utilised once per patient per practitioner. Where an additional service is necessary items 11242 and 11243 should be utilised. 

Partial coherence interferometry may also be referred to as optical (or ocular) coherence biometry or laser Doppler interferometry.

Related Items: 11240 11241 11242 11243


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