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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: $94.10 Benefit: 75% = $70.60 85% = $80.00

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

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $65.40

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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: $47.35 Benefit: 75% = $35.55 85% = $40.25

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

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $39.20

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Planning and management, by a practitioner, of a pregnancy if:

(a) the pregnancy has progressed beyond 28 weeks gestation; and

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

(c) a service to which item 16590 applies is not provided in relation to the same pregnancy

Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee: $157.00 Benefit: 75% = $117.75 85% = $133.45

(See para TN.4.9, TN.4.13 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $130.60

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