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INITIATION OF MANAGEMENT OF ANAESTHESIA for all closed chest procedures (including rigid oesophagoscopy or bronchoscopy), not being a service to which another item in this Subgroup applies

Fee: $142.20 Benefit: 75% = $106.65 85% = $120.90

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Endobronchial ultrasound guided biopsy or biopsies (bronchoscopy with ultrasound imaging, with or without associated fluoroscopic imaging) to obtain one or more specimens by:

(a) transbronchial biopsy or biopsies of peripheral lung lesions; or

(b) fine needle aspirations of one or more mediastinal masses; or

(c) fine needle aspirations of locoregional nodes to stage non-small cell lung carcinoma;

other than a service associated with a service to which an item in Subgroup 1 of this Group, item 38416, 38420 or 38423, or an item in Subgroup 15 of Group I3, applies (H)

Multiple Operation Rule

Fee: $674.30 Benefit: 75% = $505.75

(See para TN.8.21 of explanatory notes to this Category)

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Bronchoscopy, as an independent procedure (H)

Multiple Operation Rule

Fee: $213.05 Benefit: 75% = $159.80

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Bronchoscopy with one or more endobronchial biopsies or other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures (H)

Multiple Operation Rule

Fee: $281.40 Benefit: 75% = $211.05

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Fibreoptic bronchoscopy with one or more transbronchial lung biopsies, with or without bronchial or broncho-alveolar lavage, with or without the use of interventional imaging (H)

Multiple Operation Rule

Fee: $307.60 Benefit: 75% = $230.70

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Bronchoscopy with treatment of tracheal stricture (H)

Multiple Operation Rule

Fee: $295.10 Benefit: 75% = $221.35

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