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When I bill an attendance item with a procedure like say, a skin excision, why is the consult paid but the procedure is rejected? It happens a lot, with similar item combinations. I do both th…
read more >I am hoping for some clarification around using the item number 55848 for ultrasound. Rehabilitation medicine physicians require ultrasound guidance for botulinum toxin injections. Assuming th…
read more >I am a cardiologist. Sometimes I assist at interventional cardiology procedures and claim the assisting item 51303. However, every time I co-claim item 110 it is rejected but I think I should …
read more >As an anaesthetist who is not rostered in the intensive care unit (ICU), I am sometimes asked to go to ICU and take a ventilated and sedated patient to radiology for various imaging procedures…
read more >The context for this question involves co-claiming diagnostic ultrasound and vascular access items. After the last MBS review, vascular access items 13815, 13842 and the newly introduced E…
read more >The question posed was: If an ECG is performed during a pre-admission consultation (MBS Item 17610 or 17615) and the criteria of item number 11714 is met, is it permissible to claim both?
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read more >A haematologist said that he and some colleagues were considering personally performing bone marrow aspirates and trephines (items 30084 and 30087) and explained that the MBS rebates for these…
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