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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.8.100
Nipple and/or Areola Reconstruction - (Items 45545 and 45546)
Item 45545 involves the taking of tissue from, for example, the other breast, the ear lobe and the inside of the upper thigh with or without local flap.
Item 45546 covers the non-surgical creation of nipple or areola by intradermal colouration.
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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
45545 - Additional Information
NIPPLE OR AREOLA or both, reconstruction of, by any surgical technique
(Anaes.) (Assist.)
Fee: $685.25 Benefit: 75% = $513.95 85% = $586.55
(See para TN.8.100 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
45546 - Additional Information
NIPPLE OR AREOLA or both, intradermal colouration of, following breast reconstruction after mastectomy or for congenital absence of nipple
Fee: $217.80 Benefit: 75% = $163.35 85% = $185.15
(See para TN.8.100 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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