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Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES

197

197 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-May-2003
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2022
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jul-2024

Group
A7 - Acupuncture and Non-Specialist Practitioner Items
Subgroup
1 - Acupuncture

Professional attendance by a medical practitioner who holds endorsement of registration for acupuncture with the Medical Board of Australia or is registered by the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia as an acupuncturist, at a place other than a hospital, for treatment lasting at least 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:

(a) taking a detailed patient history;

(b) performing a clinical examination;

(c) arranging any necessary investigation;

(d) implementing a management plan;

(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;

for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation, at which acupuncture is performed by the medical practitioner by the application of stimuli on or through the skin by any means, including any consultation on the same occasion and another attendance on the same day related to the condition for which the acupuncture is performed



Fee: $81.70 Benefit: 100% = $81.70

(See para AN.0.29 of explanatory notes to this Category)


Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $245.10

Category 1 - PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES

199

199 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
01-May-2003
Description Updated:
01-Nov-2022
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jul-2024

Group
A7 - Acupuncture and Non-Specialist Practitioner Items
Subgroup
1 - Acupuncture

Professional attendance by a medical practitioner who holds endorsement of registration for acupuncture with the Medical Board of Australia or is registered by the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia as an acupuncturist, at a place other than a hospital, for treatment lasting at least 40 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:

(a) taking an extensive patient history;

(b) performing a clinical examination;

(c) arranging any necessary investigation;

(d) implementing a management plan;

(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;

for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation, at which acupuncture is performed by the medical practitioner by the application of stimuli on or through the skin by any means, including any consultation on the same occasion and another attendance on the same day related to the condition for which the acupuncture is performed



Fee: $120.25 Benefit: 100% = $120.25

(See para AN.0.29 of explanatory notes to this Category)


Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $360.75

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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