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Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at any operation mentioned in an item in Group T8 that includes "(Assist.)" for which the fee does not exceed $651. 30 or at a series or combination of operations mentioned in an item in Group T8 that include "(Assist. )" for which the aggregate fee does not exceed $651.30

Fee: $100.65 Benefit: 75% = $75.50 85% = $85.60

(See para MN.33.1, MN.33.2 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at any operation mentioned in an item in Group T8 that includes "(Assist.)" for which the 
fee exceeds $651.30 or at a series or combination of operations mentioned in an item in Group T8 that include "(Assist.)" for which the aggregate fee exceeds $651.30

For assistance at an operation or series or combination of operations, means 20% of the sum of the fees payable under the Act for the services provided at that operation, or series of operations, by the practitioner to whom the assistance was given.

(See para MN.33.1, MN.33.3 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at a birth involving Caesarean section (H)

Fee: $145.45 Benefit: 75% = $109.10

(See para MN.33.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at a series or combination of operations that include "(Assist.)" and assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at a birth involving Caesarean section (H)

(a) 20% of the sum of the fees payable under the Act for the services provided at those operations by the practitioner to whom the assistance was given; or (b) for the caesarean section component of the operations—the fee mentioned in item 16520.

(See para MN.33.1, MN.33.4 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at any interventional obstetric procedure covered by items 16606, 16609, 16612, 16615 and 16627 (H)

20% of the sum of the fees payable under the Act for the services provided at that procedure or combination of procedures by the practitioner to whom the assistance was given.

(See para MN.33.1, TN.4.11 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at cataract and intraocular lens surgery covered by item 42698, 42701, 42702, 42704, 42705 or 42707, when performed in association with services covered by item 42551 to 42569, 42653, 42656, 42725, 42746, 42749, 42752, 42776 or 42779 (H)

Fee: $317.80 Benefit: 75% = $238.35

(See para MN.33.1 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Assistance at cataract and intraocular lens surgery by a participating nurse practitioner, if patient has:
(a) total loss of vision, including no potential for central vision, in the fellow eye; or 

(b) one of the following in the fellow eye:

(i) vitreous loss;
(ii) rupture of posterior capsule;
(iii) loss of nuclear material into the vitreous;
(iv) intraocular haemorrhage;
(v) intraocular infection (endophthalmitis);
(vi) cystoid macular oedema;
(vii) corneal decompensation;
(viii) retinal detachment; or

(c) pseudo exfoliation, subluxed lens, iridodonesis, phacodonesis, retinal detachment, corneal scarring, pre-existing uveitis, bound down miosed pupil, nanophthalmos, spherophakia, Marfan's syndrome, homocysteinuria or previous blunt trauma causing intraocular damage

(H)

Fee: $209.75 Benefit: 75% = $157.35

(See para MN.33.1, MN.33.5 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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