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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.10.12
Discontinued Procedure - (Item 21990)
Item 21990 applies when a patient has been anaesthetised but the proposed procedure has been abandoned prior to surgery commencing.
Claims should include notation of the surgery or procedure which had been proposed.
Under the Health Insurance Act 1973 the Chief Executive Medicare does not require claims for this item to be accompanied by details of the proposed surgery and the reasons why the operation was discontinued. However, practitioners must maintain a clinical record of this information, which may be subject to audit.
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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
21990 - Additional Information
INITIATION OF MANAGEMENT OF ANAESTHESIA when no procedure ensues
(3 basic units)
Fee: $65.40 Benefit: 75% = $49.05 85% = $55.60
(See para TN.10.12 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