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Antenatal service provided by a practice midwife, nurse or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, applicable 10 times for a pregnancy, if:

(a) the service is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and

(b) the service is provided at, or from, a practice location in a regional, rural or remote area; and

(c) the service is not performed in conjunction with another antenatal attendance item in Group T4 for the same patient on the same day by the same practitioner; and

(d) the service is not provided for an admitted patient of a hospital or approved day facility

Fee: $31.80 Benefit: 85% = $27.05

(See para TN.4.1, TN.4.15 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $13.80

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Professional attendance at consulting rooms or a hospital by a specialist in the practice of the specialist’s specialty of obstetrics after referral of the patient to the specialist—initial attendance in a single course of treatment

Fee: $99.75 Benefit: 75% = $74.85 85% = $84.80

(See para TN.4.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $69.30

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Professional attendance at consulting rooms or a hospital by a specialist in the practice of the specialist’s specialty of obstetrics after referral of the patient to the specialist—an attendance after the initial attendance in a single course of treatment

Fee: $50.20 Benefit: 75% = $37.65 85% = $42.70

(See para AN.0.70, AN.3.1, TN.4.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $41.40

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Antenatal professional attendance by an obstetrician or general practitioner, as part of a single course of treatment when the patient is referred by a participating midwife

Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee: $156.30 Benefit: 75% = $117.25 85% = $132.90

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $136.50

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Postnatal professional attendance (other than a service to which any other item applies) if the attendance:

(a) is by an obstetrician or general practitioner; and

(b) is in hospital or at consulting rooms; and

(c) is between 4 and 8 weeks after the birth; and

(d) lasts at least 20 minutes; and

(e) includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and

(f) is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82140 applies is not provided
Payable once only for a pregnancy

Fee: $83.65 Benefit: 75% = $62.75 85% = $71.15

(See para TN.4.13, TN.4.15 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $54.40

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Postnatal attendance (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) if the attendance:

(a) is by:

(i) a midwife (on behalf of and under the supervision of the medical practitioner who attended the birth); or

(ii) an obstetrician; or

(iii) a general practitioner; and

(b) is between 1 week and 4 weeks after the birth; and

(c) lasts at least 20 minutes; and

(d) is for a patient who was privately admitted for the birth; and

(e) is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82130, 82135 or 82140 applies is not provided
Payable once only for a pregnancy

Fee: $62.30 Benefit: 85% = $53.00

(See para TN.4.15 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $40.50

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Antenatal attendance

Fee: $55.00 Benefit: 75% = $41.25 85% = $46.75

(See para TN.4.3, TN.4.15 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $41.40

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External cephalic version for breech presentation, after 36 weeks, if no contraindication exists, in a unit with facilities for caesarean section, including pre and post version CTG, with or without tocolysis, other than a service to which items 55718 to 55728 and 55768 to 55774 apply—chargeable whether or not the version is successful and limited to a maximum of 2 ECVs per pregnancy

Fee: $163.95 Benefit: 75% = $123.00 85% = $139.40

(See para TN.4.3, TN.4.4 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $83.00

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Polyhydramnios, unstable lie, multiple pregnancy, pregnancy complicated by diabetes or anaemia, threatened premature labour treated by bed rest only or oral medication, requiring admission to hospital—a professional attendance that is not a routine antenatal attendance, applicable once per day

Fee: $55.00 Benefit: 75% = $41.25 85% = $46.75

(See para TN.4.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $27.60

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Threatened abortion, threatened miscarriage or hyperemesis gravidarum, requiring admission to hospital, treatment of—an attendance that is not a routine antenatal attendance

Fee: $55.00 Benefit: 75% = $41.25 85% = $46.75

(See para TN.4.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $27.60

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