Intensive Care

If an intensivist attends a cardiac arrest outside of the ICU are items 160-164 the appropriate items to bill?

31 August 25

If an intensivist has to attend to assist with a patient that is not under their care for a life threatening emergency (e.g. cardiac arrest), is item 160-164 the appropriate items to bill (dep…

What exactly does the term “including all associated intraoperative imaging” refer to with regards item 38376?

24 August 25

What is the MBS definition of “intraoperative imaging” and what exactly does the term “including all associated intraoperative imaging” refer to with regards to item 38376. Is this an exclusio…

I was informed by askMBS that two item 13706 services are generally paid in one day. Is that correct?

7 July 25

Is the following correct? For item 13706, I was informed by askMBS that two items are generally paid in one day, as long as they are clearly indicated to be separate transfusion episodes -…

After I discharge a patient from the ICU, can I use item numbers 104 or 105 to review the patient the following day after discharge?

4 May 25

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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Can intensivists rostered in an ICU claim additional attendance items during the evening shift if the daily global ICU items have already been claimed?

10 February 25

I work in an ICU with separately rostered day and evening / night shift intensivists who are in person and conduct an evening ward round. Can the evening intensivist bill a 110 or 116 item num…

Can an intensivist use a separate provider number for medical imaging services and their main provider number for usual ICU services to avoid rejected claims that should be paid?

30 September 24

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…

Are there any legal restrictions to claiming more than one blood transfusion on the same day for the same patient?

26 September 24

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…

Is there a legal restriction to claiming a new initial day of ICU when the patient was discharged from ICU and readmitted within 3 days?

25 September 24

If a patient is discharged from ICU and readmitted within 3 days and we claim a new initial day of ICU management (13870), the claims reject. We find that if we resubmit the claim as item …

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If an intensivist attends a cardiac arrest outside of the ICU are items 160-164 the appropriate items to bill?

What exactly does the term “including all associated intraoperative imaging” refer to with regards item 38376?

I was informed by askMBS that two item 13706 services are generally paid in one day. Is that correct?

After I discharge a patient from the ICU, can I use item numbers 104 or 105 to review the patient the following day after discharge?

Can intensivists rostered in an ICU claim additional attendance items during the evening shift if the daily global ICU items have already been claimed?

Can an intensivist use a separate provider number for medical imaging services and their main provider number for usual ICU services to avoid rejected claims that should be paid?

Are there any legal restrictions to claiming more than one blood transfusion on the same day for the same patient?

Is there a legal restriction to claiming a new initial day of ICU when the patient was discharged from ICU and readmitted within 3 days?

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