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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10905 - Additional Information
REFERRED COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL CONSULTATION
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, being the first in a course of attention, where the patient has been referred by another optometrist who is not associated with the optometrist to whom the patient is referred
Fee: $73.45 Benefit: 85% = $62.45
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10907 - Additional Information
COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL CONSULTATION BY ANOTHER PRACTITIONER
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention if the patient has attended another optometrist for an attendance to which this item or item 10905, 10910, 10911, 10912, 10913, 10914 or 10915 applies, or to which old item 10900 applied:
(a) for a patient who is less than 65 years of age-within the previous 36 months; or
(b) for a patient who is at least 65 years or age-within the previous 12 months
Fee: $36.80 Benefit: 85% = $31.30
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10910 - Additional Information
COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL CONSULTATION - PATIENT IS LESS THAN 65 YEARS OF AGE
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if:
(a) the patient is less than 65 years of age; and
(b) the patient has not, within the previous 36 months, received a service to which:
(i) this item or item 10905, 10907, 10912, 10913, 10914 or 10915 applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 applied
Fee: $73.45 Benefit: 85% = $62.45
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10911 - Additional Information
COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL CONSULTATION - PATIENT IS AT LEAST 65 YEARS OF AGE
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if:
(a) the patient is at least 65 years of age; and
(b) the patient has not, within the previous 12 months, received a service to which:
(i) this item, or item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10912, 10913, 10914 or 10915 applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 applied
Fee: $73.45 Benefit: 85% = $62.45
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10912 - Additional Information
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE CONSULTATIONS
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if the patient has suffered a significant change of visual function requiring comprehensive reassessment:
(a) for a patient who is less than 65 years of age-within 36 months of an initial consultation to which:
(i) this item, or item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10913, 10914 or 10915 at the same practice applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 at the same practice applied; or
(b) for a patient who is at least 65 years of age-within 12 months of an initial consultation to which:
(i) this item, or item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914 or 10915 at the same practice applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 at the same practice applied
Fee: $73.45 Benefit: 85% = $62.45
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10913 - Additional Information
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if the patient has new signs or symptoms, unrelated to the earlier course of attention, requiring comprehensive reassessment:
(a) for a patient who is less than 65 years of age-within 36 months of an initial consultation to which:
(i) this item, or item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10912, 10914 or 10915 at the same practice applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 at the same practice applied; or
(b) for a patient who is at least 65 years of age-within 12 months of an initial consultation to which:
(i) this item, or item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10912, 10914 or 10915 at the same practice applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 at the same practice applied
Fee: $73.45 Benefit: 85% = $62.45
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10914 - Additional Information
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if the patient has a progressive disorder (excluding presbyopia) requiring comprehensive reassessment:
(a) for a patient who is less than 65 years of age-within 36 months of an initial consultation to which:
(i) this item, or item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10912, 10913 or 10915 applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 applied; or
(b) for a patient who is at least 65 years of age-within 12 months of an initial consultation to which:
(i) this item, or item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10912, 10913 or 10915 applies; or
(ii) old item 10900 applied
Fee: $73.45 Benefit: 85% = $62.45
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10921 - Additional Information
CONTACT LENSES FOR SPECIFIED CLASSES OF PATIENTS - BULK ITEMS FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT CONSULTATIONS
All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which:
(a) item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10912, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies; or
(b) old item 10900 applied
Payable once in a period of 36 months for
- patients with myopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in one eye
Fee: $182.50 Benefit: 85% = $155.15
(See para AN.0.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10922 - Additional Information
All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which:
(a) item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10912, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies; or
(b) old item 10900 applied
Payable once in a period of 36 months for
- patients with manifest hyperopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in one eye
Fee: $182.50 Benefit: 85% = $155.15
(See para AN.0.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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