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Category 4 - ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SERVICES
ON.4.3
Repair of Wound - (Item 51900)
Item 51900 covers debridement of "deep and extensively contaminated" wound. Benefits are not payable under this item for debridement which would be expected to be encountered as part of an operative approach to the treatment of fractures.
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Category 4 - ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SERVICES
51900 - Additional Information
Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2000
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2007
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023
WOUND OF SOFT TISSUE, deep or extensively contaminated, debridement of, under general anaesthesia or regional or field nerve block, including suturing of that wound when performed
(Anaes.) (Assist.)
Fee: $358.90 Benefit: 75% = $269.20 85% = $305.10
(See para ON.4.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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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