Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 66812

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Category 6 - PATHOLOGY SERVICES

66812

66812 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2003
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2003
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jan-2013

Group
P2 - Chemical

Quantitation, not elsewhere described in this Table by any method or methods, in blood, urine or other body fluid, of a drug being used therapeutically by the patient from whom the specimen was taken - 1 test


(This fee applies where 1 laboratory performs the only test specified on the request form or performs 1 test and refers the rest to the laboratory of a separate APA) (Item is subject to rule 6)

Fee: $34.80 Benefit: 75% = $26.10 85% = $29.60

(See para PN.0.17 of explanatory notes to this Category)


Associated Notes

Category 6 - PATHOLOGY SERVICES

PN.0.17

Antibiotics/Antimicrobial Chemotherapeutic Agents

A test for the quantitation of antibiotics/antimicrobial chemotherapeutic agents is claimable under item 66800 or 66812 - 'quantitation of a drug being used therapeutically'.

Related Items: 66800 66812


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  • Fee - Fee Amended
  • Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
  • New - New Item
  • NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
  • Qfe - QFE Change