Medicare Benefits Schedule - Note TN.8.134

If a service to which item 32084 or 32087 applies is provided by a practitioner to a patient on more than one occasion on a day, the second service is taken to be a separate service for the purposes of the item if the second service is provided under a second episode of anaesthesia or other sedation.

Related Items: 32084 32087

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Multiple Operation Rule

Sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy up to the hepatic flexure, with or without biopsy, other than a service associated with a service to which any of items 32222 to 32228 or 32230 applies (H) 

(Anaes.)

Fee: $129.95 Benefit: 75% = $97.50

(See para TN.8.17, TN.8.134 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Multiple Operation Rule

Endoscopic examination of the colon up to the hepatic flexure by sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy for the removal of one or more polyps, other than a service associated with a service to which any of items 32222 to 32228 or 32230 applies (H)

(Anaes.)

Fee: $238.80 Benefit: 75% = $179.10

(See para TN.8.17, TN.8.134 of explanatory notes to this Category)