Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 6052

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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES

6052

6052 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-Nov-2016
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2019
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Nov-2023

Group
A32 - Sexual Health Medicine
Subgroup
1 - Sexual Health Medicine Attendances

Professional attendance by a sexual health medicine specialist in the practice of the sexual health medicine specialist's specialty following referral of the patient to the sexual health medicine specialist by a referring practitioner, if the attendance is a patient assessment:

(a) before or after a comprehensive assessment under item 6051 in a single course of treatment; or

(b) that follows an initial assessment under item 6057 in a single course of treatment; or

(c) that follows a review under item 6058 in a single course of treatment

Fee: $84.35 Benefit: 75% = $63.30 85% = $71.70

(See para AN.0.70 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $253.05


Associated Notes

Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES

AN.0.70

Limitation of items—certain attendances by specialists and consultant physicians

Medicare benefits are not payable for items 105, 116, 119, 386, 2806, 2814, 3010, 3014, 6009, 6011, 6013, 6015, 6019, 6052 and 16404 when claimed in association with an item in group T8 with a schedule fee of $330.20 or more.

The restriction applies when the procedure is performed by the same practitioner, on the same patient, on the same day.

Related Items: 105 116 119 386 2806 2814 3010 3014 6009 6011 6013 6015 6019 6052 16404


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  • Assist - Addition/Deletion of (Assist.)
  • 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