Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 91852

Postnatal telehealth attendance (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) if:

(a)     the attendance is rendered by:

(i)                  a midwife (on behalf of and under the supervision of the medical practitioner who attended the birth); or

(ii)                an obstetrician; or

(iii)              a general practitioner; and

(b)    is between 1 week and 4 weeks after the birth; and

(c)     lasts at least 20 minutes; and

(d)    is for a patient who was privately admitted for the birth; and

(e)     is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82130, 82135, 82140, 91214, 91215, 91221 or 91222 is not provided.

Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee: $58.80 Benefit: 85% = $50.00

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $39.30

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