Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 31515

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

31515

31515 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2002
Description Updated:
01-May-2003
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jul-2022

Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
1 - General

BREAST, TUMOUR SITE, re-excision of following open biopsy or incomplete excision of malignant tumour

Multiple Operation Rule

(Anaes.) (Assist.)

Fee: $461.10 Benefit: 75% = $345.85

(See para TN.8.25 of explanatory notes to this Category)


Associated Notes

Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

TN.8.25

Excision of Breast Lesions, Abnormalities or Tumours - Malignant or Benign - (Items 31500 to 31515)

Therapeutic biopsy or excision of breast lesions, abnormalities or tumours under Items: 31500, 31503, 31506, 31509, 31512, 31515 either singularly or in combination should not be claimed when using the Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrumentation (ABBI) procedure, or any other large core breast biopsy device.

Related Items: 31500 31503 31506 31509 31515


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  • 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