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Category 6 - PATHOLOGY SERVICES
73839 - Additional Information
Quantitation of HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) performed for the diagnosis of diabetes in asymptomatic patients at high risk - not more than once in a 12 month period.
(Item is subject to restrictions in rule PR.9.1 of explanatory notes to this category)
Fee: $16.80 Benefit: 75% = $12.60 85% = $14.30
(See para PR.9.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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Category 6 - PATHOLOGY SERVICES
PR.9.1
Quality Assurance in Aboriginal Medical Services (QAAMS) Program items
Item numbers 73839, 73840 and 73844 can only be performed in the following circumstances:
a) the service is rendered by or on behalf of a medical practitioner;
b) the practitioner referred to in paragraph (a), or the organisation for which the practitioner works, is participating in the Quality Assurance in Aboriginal Medical Services Program; and
c) the service is provided in accordance with that Program; and
d) the practitioner referred to in paragraph (a) has determined the service to be necessary for his or her patient.
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- Amend - Amended Description
- Anaes - Anaesthetic Values Amended
- Emsn - EMSN Change
- Fee - Fee Amended
- Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
- Qfe - QFE Change