Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 13260

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

13260

13260 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2018
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2018
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
T1 - Miscellaneous Therapeutic Procedures
Subgroup
3 - Assisted Reproductive Services

Processing and cryopreservation of semen for fertility preservation treatment before or after completion of gonadotoxic treatment for malignant or non-malignant conditions, in a post-pubertal male in Tanner stages II-V, up to 60 years old, if the patient is referred by a specialist or consultant physician, initial cryopreservation of semen (not including storage) - one of a maximum of two semen collection cycles per patient in a lifetime.

Fee: $456.75 Benefit: 75% = $342.60 85% = $388.25

(See para TN.1.22 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $296.90


Associated Notes

Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

TN.1.22

Cryopreservation of semen (Item 13260)

A semen cycle collection process involves obtaining up to 3 semen samples on alternate days producing up to 50 cryopreserved straws of frozen sperm.

Maximum of two semen collection cycles, one cycle collected prior to a patient undergoing the first cytotoxic/radiation treatment and the second cycle to be collected if the patient has relapsed and requires treatment.

Related Items: 13260


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