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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
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
10930 - Additional Information
All professional attendances regarded as a single service in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses where the patient meets the requirements of an item in the range 10921-10929 and requires a change in contact lens material or basic lens parameters, other than a simple power change, because of a structural or functional change in the eye or an allergic response within 36 months of the fitting of a contact lens covered by item 10921 to 10929
Fee: $182.50 Benefit: 85% = $155.15
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10942 - Additional Information
LOW VISION ASSESSMENT Testing of residual vision to provide optimum visual performance for a patient who has best corrected visual acuity of 6/15 or N.12 or worse in the better eye or a horizontal visual field of less than 120 degrees and within 10 degrees above and below the horizontal midline, involving 1 or more of the following: (a) spectacle correction; (b) determination of contrast sensitivity; (c) determination of glare sensitivity; (d) prescription of magnification aids; not being a service associated with a service to which item 10916, 10921, 10922, 10923, 10924, 10925, 10926, 10927, 10928, 10929 or 10930 appliesĀ
Not payable more than twice per patient in a 12 month period.
Fee: $36.80 Benefit: 85% = $31.30
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES
10943 - Additional Information
CHILDREN'S VISION ASSESSMENT Additional testing to confirm diagnosis of, or establish a treatment regime for, a significant binocular or accommodative dysfunction, in a patient aged 3 to 14 years, including assessment of 1 or more of the following: (a) accommodation; (b) ocular motility; (c) vergences; (d) fusional reserves; (e) cycloplegic refraction; not being a service to which item 10916, 10921, 10922, 10923, 10924, 10925, 10926, 10927, 10928, 10929 or 10930 appliesĀ
Not to be used for the assessment of learning difficulties or learning disabilities. Not payable more than once per patient in a 12 month period.
Fee: $36.80 Benefit: 85% = $31.30
(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
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