Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 91852

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

(a)   the attendance is rendered by:

(i)    a practice 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 of the Health Insurance (Midwife and Nurse Practitioner) Determination 2015 or item 91214, 91215, 91221 or 91222 is not provided.

Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee: $60.85 Benefit: 85% = $51.75

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $39.60

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