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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 who have a medical or optical condition (other than myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, anisometropia or a condition to which item 10926, 10927 or 10928 applies) requiring the use of a contact lens for correction, if the condition is specified on the patient's account

Note: Benefits may not be claimed under Item 10929 where the patient wants the contact lenses for appearance, sporting, work or psychological reasons - see paragraph O6 of explanatory notes to this category.

Fee: $230.30 Benefit: 85% = $195.80

(See para AN.0.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $500.00

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DOMICILIARY VISITS

An optometric service to which an item in Group A10 of this table (other than this item or item 10916, 10932, 10933, 10940 or 10941) applies (the applicable item) if the service is:

    a)    rendered at a place other than consulting rooms, being at:

        (i) a patient's home: or

        (ii) residential aged care facility: or

        (iii) an institution; and

    b)    performed on one patient at a single location on one occasion, and

    c)    either:

        (i) bulk-billed in respect of the fees for both:

            -    this item; and

            -    the applicable item; or

        (ii) not bulk-billed in respect of the fees for both:

            -    this item; and

            -    the applicable item

Fee: $25.65 Benefit: 85% = $21.85

(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $76.95

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An optometric service to which an item in Group A10 of this table (other than this item or item 10916, 10931, 10933, 10940 or 10941) applies (the applicable item) if the service is:

    a)    rendered at a place other than consulting rooms, being at:

        (i) a patient's home: or

        (ii) residential aged care facility: or

        (iii) an institution; and

    b)    performed on two patients at the same location on one occasion, and

    c)    either:

        (i) bulk-billed in respect of the fees for both:

            -    this item; and

            -    the applicable item; or

        (ii) not bulk-billed in respect of the fees for both:

            -    this item; and

            -    the applicable item

Fee: $12.80 Benefit: 85% = $10.90

(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $38.40

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An optometric service to which an item in Group A10 of this table (other than this item or item 10916, 10931, 10932, 10940 or 10941) applies (the applicable item) if the service is:

    a)    rendered at a place other than consulting rooms, being at:

        (i) a patient's home: or

        (ii) residential aged care facility: or

        (iii) an institution; and

    b)    performed on three patients at the same location on one occasion, and

    c)    either:

        (i) bulk-billed in respect of the fees for both:

            -    this item; and

            -    the applicable item; or

        (ii) not bulk-billed in respect of the fees for both:

            -    this item; and

            -    the applicable item

Fee: $8.45 Benefit: 85% = $7.20

(See para AN.10.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $25.35

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COMPUTERISED PERIMETRY Full quantitative computerised perimetry (automated absolute static threshold), with bilateral assessment and report, where indicated by the presence of relevant ocular disease or suspected pathology of the visual pathways or brain that: (a) is not a service involving multifocal multi channel objective perimetry; and (b) is performed by an optometrist; not being a service associated with a service to which item 10916, 10918, 10931, 10932 or 10933 applies 

To a maximum of 2 examinations per patient (including examinations to which item 10941 applies) in any 12 month period.

Fee: $70.10 Benefit: 85% = $59.60

(See para AN.10.1, DN.1.6 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $210.30

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COMPUTERISED PERIMETRY Full quantitative computerised perimetry (automated absolute static threshold) with unilateral assessment and report, where indicated by the presence of relevant ocular disease or suspected pathology of the visual pathways or brain that: (a) is not a service involving multifocal multichannel objective perimetry; and (b) is performed by an optometrist; not being a service associated with a service to which item 10916, 10918 10931, 10932 or 10933 applies 

To a maximum of 2 examinations per patient (including examinations to which item 10940 applies) in any 12 month period.

Fee: $42.30 Benefit: 85% = $36.00

(See para AN.10.1, DN.1.6 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $126.90

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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 applies 

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)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $110.40

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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 applies 

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)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $110.40

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CORNEA, complete removal of embedded foreign body from - not more than once on the same day by the same practitioner (excluding aftercare)

 

The item is not to be billed on the same occasion as MBS items 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10912, 10913, 10914, 10915, 10916 or 10918.  If the embedded foreign body is not completely removed, this item does not apply but item 10916 may apply.

Fee: $79.40 Benefit: 85% = $67.50

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $238.20

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