Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 18288

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

18288

18288 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-1993
Description Updated:
01-Mar-2022
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
T7 - Regional Or Field Nerve Blocks

Coeliac plexus or splanchnic nerves, injection of an anaesthetic agent, not in association with a service to which an item in Group T8 applies,  unless the nerve block is performed using a targeted percutaneous approach 

(Anaes.)

Fee: $162.45 Benefit: 75% = $121.85 85% = $138.10

(See para TN.7.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)


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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

TN.7.5

Regional or Field Nerve Blocks - (Items 18234 to 18298)

Items in the range 18234 - 18298 are intended to cover the injection of anaesthetic into the nerve or nerve sheath and not for the treatment of carpal tunnel or similar compression syndromes. 

Paravertebral nerve block item 18276 covers the provision of regional anaesthesia for surgical and related procedures for the management acute pain or of chronic pain related to radiculopathy. Blockade of lumbar paravertebral nerves should be claimed under 18276. Infiltration of the soft tissue of the paravertebral area for the treatment of other pain symptoms does not attract benefit under this item. Additionally, item 18276 does not cover zygo‑apophyseal joint blocks/injections. This procedure is covered under item 39013. 

Item 18292 may not be claimed for the injection of botulinum toxin, but may be claimed where a neurolytic agent (such as phenol) is used to treat the obturator nerve in patients receiving botulinum toxin injections under item 18354 for a dynamic foot deformity.

 

Related Items: 18234 18236 18238 18240 18242 18244 18248 18250 18252 18254 18256 18258 18260 18262 18264 18266 18268 18270 18272 18276 18278 18280 18282 18284 18286 18288 18292 18354 39013


Legend

  • Assist - Addition/Deletion of (Assist.)
  • Amend - Amended Description
  • 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