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Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner at consulting rooms or in a place other than a hospital or a residential aged care facility:

(a) for a health assessment of a patient who is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and

(b) that includes the following:

(i) recognising the patient’s health priorities;

(ii) taking the patient’s medical history;

(iii) undertaking any relevant physical examinations;

(iv) undertaking or arranging any required investigations;

(v) assessing the patient using the information gained in the health assessment;

(vi) initiating any necessary interventions and referrals;

(vii) developing and documenting a plan to manage the patient’s health, including for follow‑up, based on the health assessment and the        patient’s priorities;

(viii) offering the patient (or the patient’s carer (if any) if the practitioner considers it appropriate and the patient agrees) a written report of the health assessment, with recommendations on matters covered by the health assessment and a strategy for the patient’s good health;

(ix) if the offer referred to in subparagraph (viii) is accepted—giving the report to the patient or the patient’s carer (as applicable);

(x) adding a record of the health assessment to the patient’s medical records

Applicable only if a service to which this item or item 715, 92004 or 92011 applies has not been provided to the patient in the preceding 9 months

Note:       For items 92004 and 92011, see the Telehealth Attendance Determination.

Fee: $198.10 Benefit: 100% = $198.10

(See para AN.0.43 of explanatory notes to this Category)

Extended Medicare Safety Net Cap: $500.00

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