If I insert a cannula and administer mild pre-anaesthetic sedation while the patient is still in the perioperative area, does that form part of anaesthetic time for MBS purposes? Similarly, if…
read more >An ICU specialist asked whether he could bill items 104 and 105 when reviewing the patient after they have been discharged from the intensive care unit.
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read more >If I call and speak with the patient prior to their surgery I claim that as a pre-anaesthetic consultation (telehealth item 92701). Then, when I see the patient on the day I claim either 17610…
read more >Can anaesthetists charge patients a separate administration or booking fee of say $1,000 before they are admitted to hospital for their anaesthetic?
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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 >There is nothing in the MBS to preclude multiple transfusions (item 13706) being provided on the same calendar day and the item number covers three different types of regularly provided tr…
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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