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Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES
61527 - Additional Information
Whole body study using PET, if the service is performed because the services to which items 61429, 61430, 61442, 61450 or 61453 apply cannot be performed due to the unavailability of gallium-67 (R)
Fee: $752.35 Benefit: 75% = $564.30 85% = $649.95
(See para IN.4.4 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES
IN.4.4
Substitute PET items for use in radiopharmaceutical supply disruptions
Substitute PET items are available for use in radiopharmaceutical supply disruptions. The following items are available:
Technetium-99m: items 61333, 61336 and 61341 can be used following a valid request for a service to which items 61348, 61402, 61421 or 61425 would apply.
Gallium-67: item 61527 can be used following a valid request for a service to which items 61429, 61430, 61442, 61450 or 61453 would apply.
Thallium-201: Item 61644 can be used following a valid request for a service to which item 61325 would apply.
For substitute PET items listed above, the following conditions must also be met:
- the requested service is not available due to a supply disruption of the relevant radioisotope; and
- the patient’s clinical condition requires the service to be performed before the resumption of normal radioisotope supply is anticipated by the practitioner who provides the service; and
- the report of the service performed includes a justification for the substitute service and the unavailability of the original item.
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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