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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
AN.7.3
Prescribed Medical Practitioner Prolonged Attendance in Treatment of a Critical Condition (Items 214 to 220)
Last reviewed: 1 November 2023
The conditions to be met before services covered by items 214-220 attract benefits are:‑
(i) the patient must be in imminent danger of death;
(ii) if the personal attendance is not continuous, the occasion on which the service is provided is taken to be the total time of the attendance; and
(iii) if personal attendance on a single patient is provided by 1 or more prescribed medical practitioners (see note AN.7.1) concurrently, each practitioner may claim an attendance fee.
Note: Medicare benefits are not payable for the issue of a death certificate, although an attendance on a patient at which it is determined that life is extinct can be claimed under the appropriate attendance item. The outcome of the attendance may be that a death certificate is issued, however, Medicare benefits are only payable for the attendance component of the service.
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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
214 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner for a period of not less than one hour but less than 2 hours (other than a service to which another item applies) on a patient in imminent danger of death
Fee: $195.10 Benefit: 75% = $146.35 100% = $195.10
(See para AN.7.1, AN.7.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
215 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner for a period of not less than 2 hours but less than 3 hours (other than a service to which another item applies) on a patient in imminent danger of death
Fee: $325.10 Benefit: 75% = $243.85 100% = $325.10
(See para AN.7.1, AN.7.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
218 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner for a period of not less than 3 hours but less than 4 hours (other than a service to which another item applies) on a patient in imminent danger of death
Fee: $454.90 Benefit: 75% = $341.20 100% = $454.90
(See para AN.7.1, AN.7.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
219 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner for a period of not less than 4 hours but less than 5 hours (other than a service to which another item applies) on a patient in imminent danger of death
Fee: $585.20 Benefit: 75% = $438.90 100% = $585.20
(See para AN.7.1, AN.7.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
220 - Additional Information
Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner for a period of 5 hours or more (other than a service to which another item applies) on a patient in imminent danger of death
Fee: $650.20 Benefit: 75% = $487.65 100% = $650.20
(See para AN.7.1, AN.7.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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