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Can a patient be charged for a consumable item together with an attendance and be bulk-billed for a procedure that uses the consumable?

Context

Would the following scenario be compliant? The patient is assessed and managed in an outpatient fracture clinic. The practitioner determines that non-operative management is appropriate and applies a cast. The patient is privately billed for item 36. The patient is privately charged for a waterproof cast. Item 47387 is then bulk billed for the non-surgical fracture management.

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