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Category 3 - THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

45585

45585 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:
19-Jun-1997
Description Updated:
01-Jul-2023
Schedule Fee Updated:
01-Jul-2025

Group
T8 - Surgical Operations
Subgroup
13 - Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery
Subheading
4 - Other Grafts And Miscellaneous Procedures

Liposuction (suction assisted lipolysis) to one regional area (one limb or trunk), other than a service associated with a service to which item 31525 or 31526 applies, if:

(a) the liposuction is for:

(i) the treatment of Barraquer-Simons syndrome, lymphoedema or macrodystrophia lipomatosa; or

(ii) the reduction of a buffalo hump that is secondary to an endocrine disorder or pharmacological treatment of a medical condition; and

(b) photographic and/or diagnostic imaging evidence demonstrating the clinical need for this service is documented in the patient notes

(H)

Multiple Operation Rule


(Anaes.)

Fee: $736.95 Benefit: 75% = $552.75

(See para TN.8.101 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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