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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
47960 - Additional Information
Item Start Date:
01-Dec-1991
Description Updated:
01-Dec-1991
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jul-2024
Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
15 - Orthopaedic
Subheading
3 - General Operations
TENOTOMY, SUBCUTANEOUS, not being a service to which another item in this Group applies
(Anaes.)
Fee: $150.15 Benefit: 75% = $112.65 85% = $127.65
(See para TN.8.290 of explanatory notes to this Category)
Associated Notes
Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES
TN.8.290
Open tenotomy in the shoulder and elbow region (items 47968, 47970, 47973)
Where an open tenotomy is part of a more comprehensive procedure, items 47968-47973 should not be claimed in addition to the item for said procedure.
These items should also not be claimed on the same occasion as item 47960, for subcutaneous tenotomy, unless they are performed at separate sites.
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- Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
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