Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES
61560 - Additional Information
Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2021
Description Updated:
01-Jan-2022
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2021
Group
I4 - Nuclear Medicine Imaging
Subgroup
2 - PET
FDG PET study of the brain, performed for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, if:
- clinical evaluation of the patient by a specialist, or in consultation with a specialist, is equivocal; and
- the service includes a quantitative comparison of the results of the study with the results of an FDG PET study of a normal brain from a reference database; and
- a service to which this item applies has not been performed on the patient in the previous 12 months; and
- a service to which item 61402 applies has not been performed on the patient in the previous 12 months for the diagnosis or management of Alzheimer’s disease
Applicable not more than 3 times per lifetime (R)
Fee: $605.05 Benefit: 75% = $453.80 85% = $514.30
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- Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
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