Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 73363

Testing of a person (the person tested) for the detection of a single gene variant for segregation analysis in relation to another person (the patient), if:

1. the patient has a known phenotype of a suspected monogenic condition; and
2. a service described in item 73358 or 73360 has identified a potentially causative variant for the patient; and
3. the person tested is a biological parent or other biological relative of the patient; and
4. a sample from the person tested has not previously been tested in relation to the patient for a service to which item 73359 applies; and
5. the results of the testing of the person tested for this service are made available for the purpose of providing the detection for the patient; and
6. the detection is:
   1. requested by a consultant physician practising as a clinical geneticist; or
   2. requested by a consultant physician practising as a specialist paediatrician, following consultation with a clinical geneticist; and
7. the detection is not performed in conjunction with item 73361 or 73362

Applicable only once per variant per lifetime

Fee: $400.00 Benefit: 75% = $300.00 85% = $340.00

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