Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 31426

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

31426

31426 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Jul-1998
Description Updated:
01-Mar-2023
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
1 - General

Lymph nodes of neck, selective dissection of 3 lymph node levels involving removal of soft tissue and lymph nodes from one side of the neck, other than a service associated with a service to which item 30256 or 30275 applies on the same side (H)

Multiple Operation Rule

(Anaes.) (Assist.)

Fee: $884.40 Benefit: 75% = $663.30

(See para TN.8.24 of explanatory notes to this Category)


Associated Notes

Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

TN.8.24

Dissection of Lymph Nodes of Neck - (Items 30618, 31423 to 31438)

For the purposes of these items, the lymph node levels referred to are as follows:

Level I Submandibular and submental lymph nodes
Level II Lymph nodes of the upper aspect of the neck including the jugulodigastric node, upper jugular chain nodes and upper spinal accessory nodes
Level III Lymph nodes deep to the middle third of the sternomastoid muscle consisting of mid jugular chain nodes, the lower most of which is the jugulo-omohyoid node, lying at the level where the omohyoid muscle crosses the internal jugular vein
Level IV Lower jugular chain nodes, including those nodes overlying the scalenus anterior muscle
Level V Posterior triangle nodes, which are usually distributed along the spinal accessory nerve in the posterior triangle

Comprehensive dissection involves all 5 neck levels while selective dissection involves the removal of only certain lymph node groups, for example:-

Item 31426 (removal of 3 lymph node levels) - e.g. supraomohyoid neck dissection (levels I-III) or lateral neck dissection (levels II-IV).

Item 31429 (removal of 4 lymph node levels) - e.g. posterolateral neck dissection (levels II-V) or anterolateral neck dissection (levels I-IV)

Other combinations of node levels may be removed according to clinical circumstances. 

Related Items: 30618 31423 31426 31429 31432 31435 31438


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