Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 16009

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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

16009

16009 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Dec-1991
Description Updated:
01-Jul-2023
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jul-2025

Group
T3 - Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine
Subgroup
1 - Administration of Nuclear Medicine

Administration of a therapeutic dose of Iodine 131 for thyrotoxicosis by single dose technique

Fee: $540.60 Benefit: 75% = $405.45 85% = $459.55

(See para TR.3.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Associated Notes

Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

TR.3.1

Provider restriction for items in Group T3

Medicare benefits for items in Group T3 are only payable when the service is provided by a specialist or consultant physician with training in nuclear medicine.

Related Items: 16003 16006 16009 16012 16015 16018 16050 16055 16060

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