Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 6057

Professional attendance by a sexual health medicine specialist in the practice of the sexual health medicine specialist's specialty of at least 45 minutes for an initial assessment of a patient with at least 2 morbidities, following referral of the patient to the sexual health medicine specialist by a referring practitioner, if:

(a) an assessment is undertaken that covers:

     (i) a comprehensive history, including psychosocial history and medication review; and

     (ii) a comprehensive multi or detailed single organ system assessment; and

     (iii) the formulation of differential diagnoses; and

(b) a sexual health medicine specialist treatment and management plan of significant complexity that includes the following is prepared and provided to the referring practitioner:

     (i) an opinion on diagnosis and risk assessment;

     (ii) treatment options and decisions;

     (iii) medication recommendations; and

(c) an attendance on the patient to which item 104, 105, 110, 116, 119, 132, 133, 6051 or 6052 applies did not take place on the same day by the same sexual health medicine specialist; and

(d) neither this item nor item 132 has applied to an attendance on the patient in the preceding 12 months by the same sexual health medicine specialist

Fee: $305.15 Benefit: 75% = $228.90 85% = $259.40

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $500.00

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