Medicare Benefits Schedule - Note TN.8.42

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

TN.8.42

Colposcopic Examination - (Item 35614)

It should be noted that colposcopic examination (screening) of a person during the course of a consultation does not attract Medicare benefits under Item 35614 except in the following circumstances:  

(a) where the patient has had an abnormal cervical screen result;

(b) where there is a history of ingestion of oestrogen by the patient's mother during their pregnancy;  or

(c) where the patient has been referred by another medical practitioner because of suspicious signs of genital cancer.

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

35614

35614 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Mar-2022
Description Updated:
01-Mar-2022
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Examination of the lower genital tract using a colposcope in a patient who:
(a) has a human papilloma virus related gynaecology indication; or
(b) has symptoms or signs suspicious of lower genital tract malignancy; or
(c) is undergoing follow-up treatment of lower genital tract malignancy; or
(d) is undergoing assessment or surveillance of a vulvovaginal pre-malignant or malignant disease; or
(e) is undergoing assessment or surveillance as part of an identified at risk population

Fee: $70.30 Benefit: 75% = $52.75 85% = $59.80

(See para TN.8.42, TN.8.233 of explanatory notes to this Category)


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