Medicare Benefits Schedule - Note TN.10.6

Before a benefit will be paid for the administration of anaesthesia, or for the services of an assistant anaesthetist, a number of details additional to those set out in the General Explanatory Notes of the Medicare Benefits Schedule are required on the anaesthetist's account:

• the anaesthetist's account must show the name/s of the medical practitioner/s who performed the  associated operation/s. In addition, where the after hours emergency modifier applies to the anaesthesia service, the account must include the start time, the end time and total time of the anaesthetic.
• the assistant anaesthetist's account must show the names/s of the medical practitioners who performed the associated operation/s, as well as the name of the principal anaesthetist.  In addition, where the after hours emergency modifier applies, the assistant anaesthetist's account must record the start time, the end time and the total time for which he or she was providing professional attention to the patient during the anaesthetic.
• the perfusionist's account must record the start time, end time and total time of the perfusion service where the after hours emergency modifier is claimed.

 

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