Can rehabilitation physicians claim items 170-172 for family meetings?

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Dr A was a rehabilitation physician who wanted to know if they could claim items 170, 171 and 172 for family meetings. Dr A understood that geriatricians and other physicians use these items in circumstances when the family meetings are not usual case conferences or MDT meetings with allied health practitioners.

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