Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 66800

Quantitation in blood, urine or other body fluid by any method (except reagent tablet or reagent strip) of any of the following being used therapeutically by the patient from whom the specimen was taken: amikacin, carbamazepine, digoxin, disopyramide, ethanol, ethosuximide, gentamicin, lithium, lignocaine, netilmicin, paracetamol, phenobarbitone, primidone, phenytoin, procainamide, quinidine, salicylate, theophylline, tobramycin, valproate or vancomycin - 1 test

(Item to be subject to rule 6)

Fee: $18.15 Benefit: 75% = $13.65 85% = $15.45

(See para PN.0.17 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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A test for the quantitation of antibiotics/antimicrobial chemotherapeutic agents is claimable under item 66800 or 66812 - 'quantitation of a drug being used therapeutically'.

Related Items: 66800 66812