Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 7) Regulations (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 247

REGULATIONS UNDER THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated this sixteenth day of December 1977.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Health

HEALTH INSURANCE (VARIATION OF FEES AND MEDICAL SERVICES) (NO. 7) REGULATIONS

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 7) Regulations.

Commencement

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1978.

Repeal

3. The Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 4) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1976, No. 290), the Health Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 5) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1977, No. 126) and the Health-Insurance (Variation of Fees and Medical Services) (No. 6) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1977, No. 192) are repealed.

Variation of table of medical services

4. The table of medical services, including rules of interpretation for the interpretation of that table, in the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of sub-section 4 (2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1977.

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RULES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TABLE OF MEDICAL SERVICES

1. Where an item in Part 1, in Division 3 of Part 3 or in Part 4 of the table includes the symbol “(S)”, the item shall be taken to relate to the service specified in the item when rendered by a specialist in the practice of his specialty.

2. Where an item in Part 1, in Division 3 of Part 3 or in Part 4 of the table includes the symbol “(G)”, the item shall be taken to relate to the service specified in the item when rendered otherwise than by a specialist in the practice of his specialty.

3. Where an item, other than an item in Part 1, in Division 3 of Part 3 or in Part 4 of the table, includes the symbol “(S)”, the item shall be taken to relate to the service specified in the item when rendered by a specialist in the practice of his specialty to a patient who has been referred to him.

4. Where an item, other than an item in Part 1, in Division 3 of Part 3 or in Part 4 of the table, includes the symbol “(G)”, the item shall be taken to relate to the service specified in the item when rendered otherwise than by a specialist in the practice of his specialty to a patient who has been referred to him.

5. A reference in rule 3 or 4 or in Part 1 of the table to the referring of a patient to a specialist shall be read as a reference to a referring by a medical practitioner and—

(a) where the specialist concerned is an ophthalmologist—shall be read as including a reference to a referring by a registered optometrist or by a registered optician; and

(b) where a referring arises out of a dental service rendered to the person who has been referred—shall be read as including a reference to a referring by a dental practitioner.

6. Where an item in Part 7 includes the symbol “(SP)”, the item shall be taken to relate to a pathology service to which paragraph 16a (1) (a) applies when rendered by or on behalf of an approved pathology practitioner who—

(a) is a recognized pathologist; or

(b) employs a recognized pathologist by whom, or under whose supervision, the service is rendered,

other than a pathology service—

(c) rendered in pursuance of a request made in the course of the provision of an out-patient service at a recognized hospital;

(d) rendered in pursuance of a request made in respect of a person who was, al the time that the request was made, a private patient in a recognized hospital; or

(e) in the rendering of which—

(i) any pathology equipment of a recognized hospital or a laboratory included in a prescribed class of laboratories is used; or

(ii) any member of the staff of a recognized hospital or a laboratory included in a prescribed class of laboratories participates.

7. In rule 6 “recognized pathologist” means a medical practitioner who, by reason of a determination under section 61, is to be recognized for the purposes of the Act as a specialist in the specialty of pathology.

8. Where an item in Part 7 includes the symbol “(HP)”, the item shall be taken to relate to a pathology service—

(a) to which paragraph 16a (1) (a) or (b) applies when rendered—

(i) in the case of a service to which paragraph 16a (1) (a) applies—in pursuance of a request made in respect of a person who was, at the time that the request was made, a private patient in a recognized hospital; or

(ii) in the case of a service to which paragraph 16a (1) (b) applies—in respect of a patient who is a private patient in a recognized hospital; and

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(b) in the rendering of which—

(i) any pathology equipment of a recognized hospital or a laboratory included in a prescribed class of laboratories is used; or

(ii) any member of the staff of a recognized hospital or a laboratory included in a prescribed class of laboratories participates.

9. For the purposes of rules 6 and 8, each of the following classes of laboratories is a prescribed class of laboratories:

(a) laboratories operated by the Commonwealth;

(b) laboratories operated by the Capital Territory Health Commission;

(c) laboratories operated by a State or an authority of a State;

(d) laboratories operated by an Australian university.

10. Where an item in Part 7 includes the symbol “ (OP) ”, the item shall be taken to relate to—

(a) a pathology service to which paragraph 16a (1) (a) or (b) applies other than a service included in an item that includes the symbol “ (SP) ” or “ (HP) ”; or

(b) a pathology service rendered outside Australia.

11. Each item in Division 9 of Part 7 shall be taken to relate to a pathology service to which paragraph 16a (1) (c) applies.

12. Where an item includes the symbol “ (D) ”, the item shall be taken to relate to the service specified in the item when rendered in an operating theatre of a hospital in the course of dental practice by a dental practitioner approved by the Minister for the purposes of the definition of “professional service” in sub-section 3 (1).

13. A reference in an item in Division 1 of Part 3 of the table to the administration of an anaesthetic shall be read as a reference to the administration of an anaesthetic by a medical practitioner other than a specialist anaesthetist.

14. A reference in an item in Division 2 of Part 3 of the table to the administration of an anaesthetic shall be read as a reference to the administration of an anaesthetic by a specialist anaesthetist,

15. A reference in an item in Division 3 of Part 3 of the table to the administration of an anaesthetic shall be read as a reference to the administration of an anaesthetic in connexion with a dental service other than a service that is a prescribed medical service for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of “ professional service ” in sub-section 3 (1).

16. A reference in item 180 to the proclaimed date shall be read as a reference to the date fixed for the purposes of section 10,

17. Where

(a) a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed to apply in relation to one procedure) that includes the symbol “ (SP) ”;

(b) a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed to apply in relation to one procedure) that includes the symbol “ (HP) ”; or

(c) a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed to apply in relation to one procedure) that includes the symbol “ (OP) ”,

is rendered in respect of a person by or on behalf of an approved pathology practitioner in pursuance of a request, made on a day, addressed to that approved pathology practitioner (in this rule referred to as “ the first-mentioned approved pathology practitioner ”)—

(d) by the practitioner who determined that the procedure was necessary; or

(e) by another approved pathology practitioner who is not the practitioner who determined that the procedure was necessary,

being the only such request in respect of a procedure of that kind, or any other kind described in that item, made on that day in respect of that person to the first-mentioned approved pathology practitioner by that practitioner or that other approved pathology practitioner, that procedure shall be treated as one service consisting of that procedure.

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18. Where—

(a) 2 or more procedures each of which is a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed, whether directly or indirectly, to apply to that number of procedures) that includes the symbol “ (SP) ”;

(b) 2 or more procedures each of which is a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed, whether directly or indirectly, to apply to that number of procedures) that includes the symbol “ (HP) ”; or

(c) 2 or more procedures each of which is a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed, whether directly or indirectly, to apply to that number of procedures) that includes the symbol “ (OP) ”,

are rendered in respect of a person by or on behalf of an approved pathology practitioner in pursuance of a request, or requests made on the one day, addressed to that approved pathology practitioner—

(d) by the practitioner who determined that the procedures were necessary; or

(e) by another approved pathology practitioner who is not the practitioner who determined that the procedures were necessary,

those procedures shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be treated as one service consisting of those procedures.

19. Where—

(a) a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed to apply in relation to one procedure) that includes the symbol “ (OP) ” or “ (HP) ”, being a procedure determined on a day to be necessary by an approved pathology practitioner (being a medical practitioner) or by an employee (being a medical practitioner) of an approved pathology practitioner in the course of that employment, is rendered in respect of a person by or on behalf of that approved pathology practitioner; and

(b) that procedure is the only procedure of that kind, or any other kind described in that item, that was so determined on that day to be necessary in respect of that person by that approved pathology practitioner, that employee or any other employee (being a medical practitioner) of that approved pathology practitioner,

that procedure shall be treated as one service consisting of that procedure.

20. Where 2 or more procedures each of which is a procedure of one of 2 or more kinds of procedure described in an item in Part 7 (being an item that is expressed, whether directly or indirectly, to apply to that number of procedures) that includes the symbol “ (OP) ” or “ (HP) ”, being procedures determined on the one day to be necessary by an approved pathology practitioner (being a medical practitioner) or by an employee (being a medical practitioner) of an approved pathology practitioner in the course of that employment, are rendered in respect of a person by or on behalf of that approved pathology practitioner, those procedures shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be treated as one service consisting of those procedures.

21. Where—

(a) a procedure of one of the kinds of procedure described in item 2334 is rendered in respect of a person (in this rule referred to as “ the first-mentioned person ”) by or on behalf of a medical practitioner other than an approved pathology practitioner (in this rule referred to as “ the first-mentioned practitioner ”) and—

(i) the procedure was determined to be necessary by the first-mentioned practitioner; or

(ii) the procedure was rendered in pursuance of a request made by the person who determined that the procedure was necessary, being a medical practitioner (other than an approved pathology practitioner) who, at the time the request was made, was a member of a group of practitioners of which the first-mentioned practitioner was then a member; and

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(b) that procedure is the only procedure of that kind, or any other kind included in that item, that, on the day on which the procedure was determined to be necessary or on which the request for the procedure was made, as the case may be, was—

(i) so determined to be necessary in respect of the first-mentioned person by the first-mentioned practitioner; or

(ii) so requested in respect of the first-mentioned person by a medical practitioner (other than an approved pathology practitioner) who, on that day, was a member of a group of practitioners of which the first-mentioned practitioner was then a member,

that procedure shall be treated as one service consisting of that procedure,

22. Where—

(a) 2 or more procedures each of which is a procedure of one of the kinds of procedure described in item 2335 or 2336 are rendered in respect of a person by or on behalf of a medical practitioner other than an approved pathology practitioner (in this rule referred to as “the first-mentioned practitioner”);

(b) each of the procedures was—

(i) determined to be necessary by the first-mentioned practitioner; or

(ii) rendered in pursuance of a request made by the person who determined that the procedure was necessary, being a medical practitioner (other than an approved pathology practitioner) who, at the time the request was made, was a member of a group of practitioners of which the first-mentioned practitioner was then a member; and

(c) each of the procedures was so determined to be necessary, or so requested, on the one day,

those procedures shall be treated as one service consisting of those procedures.

23. In rules 17 to 22 (inclusive), “ procedure ” includes an assay, an estimation and a test.

24. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to a radiographic examination of the kind referred to in the first-mentioned item and—

(a) in the case of item 2732—$9.90;

(b) in the case of item 2782—$10.60: or

(c) in the case of item 2798—$6.20,

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

25. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to a course of radiotherapy treatment of the kind referred to in the first-mentioned item when given to one field only and—

(a) in the case of item 2863—$2.40 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;

(b) in the case of item 2867 or 2877—$3.10 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;

(c) in the case of item 2881—$3.50 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;

(d) in the case of item 2889—$4.60 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields; or

(e) in the case of item 2893—$6.20 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields,

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

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26. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to treatment by a single dose of radiotherapy of the kind referred to in the first-mentioned item when given to one field only and—

(a) in the case of item 2871—$6.00 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields;

(b) in the case of item 2885—$7.80 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields; or

(c) in the case of item 2897—$10.60 for each field separately treated in excess of one up to a maximum of 5 additional fields,

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

27. A reference in a column in item 2955 to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to one-fifth of the fee or the aggregate of the fees in respect of which the medical benefit payable under the Act in relation to the operation or series or combination of operations for the professional services of the practitioner to whom the assistance was rendered is calculated and an amount equal to the amount so referred to shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

28. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to a dislocation or fracture of the kind treated and—

(a) in the case of item 7483, 7809, 7812, 7817 or 7818—one-half of that fee;

(b) in the case of item 7803, 7804, 7847 or 7849—one-third of that fee; or

(c) in the case of item 7823 or 7824—three-quarters of that fee,

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

29. A reference in a column in item 482 or 553 to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(a) the fee set out in the column of the item relating to the administration of an anaesthetic that is referred to in the item relating to a dislocation of the kind treated (being an item relating to a dislocation that is included in items 7397 to 7476); and

(b) one-half of the fee referred to in paragraph (a),

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

30. A reference in a column in item 484 or 556 to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(a) the fee set out in the column of the item relating to the administration of an anaesthetic that is referred to in the item relating to a fracture of the kind treated (being an item relating to a fracture that is included in items 7505 to 7798); and

(b) one-half of the fee referred to in paragraph (a),

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

31. A reference in a column in item 483 or 554 to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(a) the fee set out in the column of the item relating to the administration of an anaesthetic that is referred to in the item relating to a fracture of the kind treated (being an item relating to a fracture that is included in items 7505 to 7798; and

(b) one-third of the fee referred to in paragraph (a),

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

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32. A reference in a column in item 485 or 557 to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(a) the fee set out in the column of the item relating to the administration of an anaesthetic that is referred to in the item relating to a fracture of the kind treated (being an item relating to a fracture that is included in items 7505 to 7798); and

(b) three-quarters of the fee referred to in paragraph (a),

and an amount equal to that aggregate shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

33. A reference in a column in an item referred to in a paragraph of this rule to an amount under this rule shall be read as a reference to an amount equal to—

(a) in the case of item 7828, 7831, 7834 or 7836—one-half of the fee set out in that column in the item that would, but for the first-mentioned item, relate to the reduction effected;

(b) in the case of item 7839 or 7841—the fee set out in that column in the item that would, but for that first-mentioned item, relate to the reduction effected; or

(c) in the case of item 7844—the fee set out in that column in the item that relates to a simple and uncomplicated fracture of the part treated,

and an amount equal to the amount so referred to shall be deemed to be set out in that column in the place of that reference.

TABLE OF MEDICAL SERVICES

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
PART 1—PROFESSIONAL ATTENDANCES NOT COVERED BY AN ITEM IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE SCHEDULE
3	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of not more than 5 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by Item 4—each attendance ...............	6.50	6.10	6.10	6.10	6.10	6.10
4	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of not more than 5 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday	11.40	10.80	10.80	10.80	10.80	10.80
14	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of more than 5 minutes duration but not more than 25 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by item 19—each attendance ..............	8.90	8.30	7.90	7.90	7.90	8.30

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Item No.	Medical service	Fees
N.S.W.		Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
19	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of more than 5 minutes duration but not more than 25 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday...............	13.60	12.80	12.60	12.60	12.60	12.80
25	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of more than 25 minutes duration but not more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by item 26—each attendance .....................................................	17.00	15.80	15.20	15.20	15.20	15.80
26	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of more than 25 minutes duration but not more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday ...............	21.50	20.50	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.50
33	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by item 35—each attendance ....................................	25.50	24.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	24.00
35	Professional attendance at consulting rooms of more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday ...............	30.50	29.00	28.50	28.50	28.50	29.00
43	Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home of not more than 5 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by item 44—each attendance......................	9.90	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10

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Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
44	Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home of not more than 5 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday .........................................	14.60	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
51	Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home of more than 5 minutes duration but not more than 25 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by item 53—each attendance ..............	33.00	12.20	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.20
53	Professional attendance at a place other than consuming rooms, hospital or nursing home of more than 5 minutes duration but not more than 25 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday	18.20	17.00	16.80	16.80	16.80	17.00
57	Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home of more than 25 minutes duration but not more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item, in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by item 59—each attendance .........	21.50	21.00	20.50	20.50	20.50	21.00
59	Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home of more than 25 minutes duration but not more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday	26.00	25.50	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.50

 

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Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
65	Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home of more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—at a time other than a time covered by item 66—each attendance ....................................	30.50	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00
66	Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home of more than 45 minutes duration (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday ...............	35.00	34.00	32.50	32.50	32.50	34.00
69	Professional attendance at a hospital or nursing home (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part) at a time other than a time covered by item 71—each attendance when only one patient is seen ...............................	13.00	12.20	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.20
71	Professional attendance at a hospital or nursing home (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at any time other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, when only one patient is seen .. ..	18.20	17.00	16.80	16.80	16.80	17.00
72	Professional attendance at a hospital (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—an attendance on 2 patients in the one hospital on the one occasion—at a time other than a time covered by item 74—each patient .. ..	8.90	8.30	7.90	7.90	7.90	8.30
74	Professional attendance at a hospital (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—an attendance on 2 patients in the one hospital on the one occasion—each attendance on a public holiday, on a Sunday, before 8 a.m. or after 1 p.m. on a Saturday or at anytime other than between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a day not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday—each patient .. .. ..	12.60	11.80	11.60	11.60	11.60	11.80

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Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
75	Professional attendance at a hospital (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—an attendance on 3 or more patients in the one hospital on the one occasion—each patient .................	8.90	8.30	7.90	7.98	7.90	8.30
76	Professional attendance at a nursing home (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—an attendance on 2 patients in the one nursing home on the one occasion—each patient .................	7.70	7.20	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.20
78	Professional attendance at a nursing home (not being an attendance covered by any other item in this Part)—an attendance on 3 or more patients in the one nursing home on the one occasion—each patient ...........	6.50	6.10	6.10	6.10	6.10	6.10
82	Pre-operative examination of a patient in preparation for the administration of an anaesthetic, being an examination carried out at an attendance other than that at which the anaesthetic is administered (G) .	8.90	8.30	7.90	7.90	7.90	8.30
85	Pre-operative examination of a patient in preparation for the administration of an anaesthetic, being an examination carried out at an attendance other than that at which the anaesthetic is administered (S) .	13.00	12.40	12.40	12.40	12.40	11.00
88	Professional attendance by a specialist in the practice of his specialty where the patient is referred to him—an attendance (other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment) where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ............................................	26.00	24.50	24.50	24.50	24.50	21.50
94	Professional attendance by a specialist in the practice of his speciality where the patient is referred to him—each attendance subsequent to the first in a single course of treatment where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home	13.00	32.40	12.40	12.40	12.40	11.00
100	Professional attendance by a specialist in the practice of his speciality where the patient is referred to him—an attendance (other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment) where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home	38.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	32.50

 

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Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
103	Professional attendance by a specialist in the practice of his specialty where the patient is referred to him—each attendance subsequent to the first in a single course of treatment where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ................................	24.50	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	22.00
110	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty (not being psychiatry) where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance (other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment) where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home .....................................................	45.50	42.00	42.00	42.00	42.00	42.00
116	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty (not being psychiatry) where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—each attendance subsequent to the first in a single course of treatment where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ............................	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00
122	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty (not being psychiatry) where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance (other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment) where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ................................	56.00	53.00	53.00	53.00	53.00	53.00
128	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty (not being psychiatry) where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—each attendance subsequent to the first in a single course of treatment where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ....	34.00	34.00	34.00	34.00	34.00	34.00
134	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of not more than 15 minutes duration where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home .....................................................	13.00	12.40	12.40	12.40	12.40	12.40

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
136	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 15 minutes duration but not more than 30 minutes duration where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ...............	26.00	24.50	24.50	24.50	24.50	24.50
138	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 30 minutes duration but not more than 45 minutes duration where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ...............	39.50	36.50	36.50	36.50	36.50	36.50
140	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 45 minutes duration but not more than 60 minutes duration where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ...............	53.00	49.50	49.50	49.50	49.50	49.50
142	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 60 minutes duration where that attendance is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ...............	65.00	62.00	62.00	62.80	62.00	62.00
144	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of not more than 15 minutes duration where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ................................	24.50	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
146	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 15 minutes duration but not more than 30 minutes duration where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home .....................................................	38.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
148	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—art attendance of more than 30 minutes duration but not more than 45 minutes duration where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home .....................................................	52.00	48.50	48.50	48.50	48.50	48.50
150	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 45 minutes duration but not more than 60 minutes duration where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home .....................................................	64.00	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00
152	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner—an attendance of more than 60 minutes duration where that attendance is at a place other than consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home .....................................................	77.00	73.00	73.00	73.00	73.00	73.00
160	Professional attendance for a period of not less than 1 hour but less than 2 hours on a patient in a critical condition that requires constant attention to the exclusion of all other patients .....................................................	36.50	36.50	36.50	36.50	36.50	38.50
161	Professional attendance for a period of not less than 2 hours but less than 3 hours on a patient in a critical condition that requires constant attention to the exclusion of all other patients .....................................................	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	00.00
162	Professional attendance for a period of not less than; 3 hours but less than 4 hours on a patient in a critical condition that requires constant attention to the exclusion of all other patients ................................	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00
163	Professional attendance for a period of not less than 4 hours but less than 5 hours on a patient in a critical condition that requires constant attention to the exclusion of all other patients .....................................................	106.00	106.00	106.00	106.00	106.00	106.00

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
164	Professional attendance for a period of 5 hours or more on a patient in a critical condition that requires constant attention to the exclusion of all other patients ........	128.00	128.00	128.00	128.00	128.00	128.00
Professional Attendances by Participating Optometrists
180	Professional attendance by a participating optometrist—an attendance that is the sole or first attendance in a single course of attention that commenced on or after the proclaimed date, being— ..............
(a) the first or only course of attention of the patient by a participating optometrist since the proclaimed date; or ....
(b) the second or a subsequent course of attention of the patient by a participating optometrist since the proclaimed date, being a course of attention commencing not earlier than 12 months after the commencement of the preceding course of attention ..............................	18.60	18.60	18.60	18.60	18.60	18.60
182	Professional attendance by a participating optometrist—an attendance (not being an attendance covered by item 186) that is the second attendance in a single course of attention in respect of which the first attendance is covered by item 180 ..	9.30	9.30	9.30	9.30	9.30	9.30
184	Professional attendance by a participating optometrist—an attendance (not being an attendance covered by item 186) that is the third or a subsequent attendance in a single course of attention of a patient, who, in the professional opinion of the attending optometrist, has a need for that attendance, being a course of attention in respect of which the first attendance is covered by item 180 ..............................................

9.30	9.30	9.30	9.30	9.30	9.30
186	Professional attendance by a participating optometrist—all attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, being a course of attention in respect of which the first attendance is covered by item 180 ......................	93.00	93.00	93.00	93.00	93.00	93.00

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
PART 2—OBSTETRICS
Division 1—General
190	Antenatal care (not including any service or services covered by item 200 or 207 or by any item in Division 2) where the attendances do not exceed 10—each attendance ....................................	8.30	7.70	7.40	7.40	7.40	7.70
192	Antenatal care (not including any service or services covered by item 200 or 207 or by any item in Division 2) where the attendances exceed ton ..................	83.00	77.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	77.00
194	Confinement and postnatal care for 9 days (not including any service or Services covered by item 200 or 207 or by any item in Division 2) where the medical practitioner has not given the antenatal care (G)	79.00	71.00	71.00	61.00	61.00	61.00
196	Confinement and postnatal care for 9 days (not including any service or services covered by item 200 or 207 or by any item in Division 2) where the medical practitioner has not given the antenatal care (S) ............	116.00	88.00	88.00	79.00	79.00	79.00
198	Confinement, as an independent procedure, where a separate account is not rendered for the procedure under item 88 (S) .....	79.00	73.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00
200	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days (not including services covered by Division 2) (G) ........................	132.00	122.00	116.00	106.00	106.00	106.00
207	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days (not including services covered by Division 2) (S) .........................	176.00	150.00	132.00	150.00	132.00	122.00
208	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days with mid-cavity forceps or vacuum extraction, breech delivery or management of multiple delivery (including any service or services covered by item 295, 298 or 360 where performed at the time of delivery but not including any other service or services covered by Division 2) (G) .....................................................	186.00	166.00	156.00	152.00	144.00	142.00
209	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days with mid-cavity forceps or vacuum extraction, breech delivery or management of multiple delivery (including any service or services covered by item 295, 298 or 360 where performed at the time of delivery but not including any other service or services covered by Division 2) (S) .....................................................	230.00	194.00	172.00	194.00	172.00	158.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
Division 2—Special Services
211	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days with surgical induction of labour (G) ...............................................	152.50	142.50	136.50	126.50	126.50	126.50
233	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days with surgical induction of labour (S) ................................................	196.50	170.50	152.50	170.59	152.50	142.50
236	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days with surgical induction of labour; including major regional or field block (G) .....................................................	183.00	173.00	167.00	157.00	157.00	157.00
217	Antenatal care, confinement and postnatal care for 9 days with surgical induction of labour; including major regional or field block (S) .....................................................	227.00	201.00	183.00	201.00	183.00	173.00
234	Caesarean section and postnatal care for 9 days (G) (AU 10) ..................................	168.00	168.00	158.00	158.00	158.00	150.00
241	Caesarean section and postnatal care for 9 days (S) (AU 10) ..................................	220.00	196.00	196.00	196.08	196.00	176.00
242	Treatment of habitual miscarriage by injection of hormones—each injection up to a maximum of 12 injections .............	6.10	5.70	5.70	5.70	5.70	5.70
246	Threatened abortion, threatened miscarriage or hyperemesis gravidarum, requiring admission to hospital, treatment of—each attendance ....................................	6.10	5.70	5.70	5.70	5.70	3.70
250	Cervix, purse string ligation of, for threatened miscarriage (G) (AU 6) .................	53.00	53.00	53.00	53.00	53.00	53.00
258	Cervix, purse string ligation of, for threatened miscarriage (S) (AU 6) ..................	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00
267	Cervix, removal of purse string ligature of, under general anaesthesia (AU 5) ...	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50
273	Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia or antepartum haemorrhage, treatment of—each attendance ....................................	6.10	5.70	5.70	5.70	5.70	5.70
274	Induction and management of second trimester labour (G) ....................................	78.00	78.00	78.00	78.00	78.00	78.00
275	Induction and management of second trimester labour (S) .....................................	97.00	97.00	97.00	97.00	97.00	97.00
278	Amnioscopy ......................................	18.40	18.40	18.40	18.40	18.40	18.40
284	Amnioscopy with surgical induction of labour (AU 6) ..........................................	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50
290	Amniocentesis	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50
295	Version, external, under general anaesthesia (AU 6) ..........................................	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
298	Version, internal, under general anaesthesia (AU 6) ..........................................	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00
354	Surgical induction of labour (AU 5) ....	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50
360	Decapitation, craniotomy, cleidotomy or evisceration of foetus or any 2 or more of those services (AU 8) ....................	79.00	79.00	79.00	79.00	79.00	79.00
362	Evacuation by intrauterine manual removal of the products of conception such as retained foetus, placenta, membranes or mole (AU 7) .....................................................	29.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50
365	Manipulative correction of acute inversion of uterus, by vaginal approach, with or without incision of cervix (AU 8) ...............	88.00	88.00	88.00	88.00	88.00	88.00
368	Manipulative correction of acute inversion of uterus, by abdominal approach, with or without incision of cervix (AU 9) ..	132.00	332.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
374	Postpartum haemorrhage requiring special procedures such as packing, treatment of (AU 8) ..........................................	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50
383	Third degree tear, repair of, involving anal sphincter muscles (AU 7) ..............	41.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	41.00

PART 3—ANAESTHETICS

Division 1—Anaesthetics Administered by a Medical Practitioner other than a Specialist Anaesthetist

401	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 1) .....................................................	4.60	4.50	4.50	4.40	4.40	3.90
403	Administration of an anaethetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 2) .....................................................	9.20	9.00	9.00	8.90	8.90	7.80
404	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 3) .....................................................	13.80	13.60	13.60	13.20	13.20	11.60
405	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 4) .....................................................	18.40	18.00	18.00	17.80	17.80	15.60
406	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 5) .....................................................	23.00	22.50	22.50	22.00	22.00	19.40

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
407	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 6) .....................................................	27.50	27.00	27.00	26.50	26.50	23.50
408	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 7) .....................................................	32.00	31.50	31.50	31.00	31.00	27.50
409	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 8) .....................................................	37.00	36.00	36.00	35.50	35.50	31.00
443	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 9) .....................................................	41.50	40.50	40.50	40.00	40.00	35.00
450	Administration, of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 10) ...............................................	46.00	45.00	45.00	44.50	44.50	39.00
453	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 11) ...............................................	51.00	49.50	49.50	48.50	48.50	43.00
454	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 12) ...............................................	55.00	54.00	54.00	53.00	53.00	46.50
457	Administration of an anesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 13) ...............................................	60.00	59.00	59.00	58.00	58.00	51.00
458	Administration of an anesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 14) ...............................................	64.00	63.00	63.00	62.00	62.00	55.00
459	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 15) ...............................................	69.00	68.00	68.00	66.00	66.00	58.00
460	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 16) ...............................................	74.00	72.00	72.00	71.00	71.00	62.00
461	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 17) ...............................................	78.00	77.00	77.00	75.00	75.00	66.00
462	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 18) .. ..	83.00	81.00	81.00	80.00	80.00	70.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
463	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 19) ...............................................	87.00	86.00	86.00	84.00	84.00	74.00
464	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 20) ...............................................	92.00	90.00	90.00	89.00	89.00	78.00
465	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 21) ...............................................	97.00	95.00	95.00	93.00	93.00	82.00
466	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 22) ...............................................	102.00	99.00	99.00	97.00	97.00	86.00
467	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 23) ...............................................	106.00	104.00	104.00	102.00	102.00	90.00
468	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 24) ...............................................	110.00	108.00	108.00	106.00	106.00	93.00
469	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 25) ...............................................	116.00	112.00	112.00	110.00	110.00	97.00
470	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 26) ...............................................	120.00	118.00	118.00	116.00	116.00	102.00
471	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 27) ...............................................	124.00	122.00	122.00	120.00	120.00	106.00
472	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 28) ...............................................	128.00	126.00	126.00	124.00	124.00	110.00
473	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 29) ...............................................	134.00	130.00	130.00	128.00	128.00	112.00
474	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 30) ...............................................	138.00	136.00	136.00	132.00	132.00	116.00
475	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 32) ...............................................	148.00	144.00	144.00	142.00	142.00	124.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
476	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 36) ...............................................	166.00	162.00	162.00	160.00	160.00	140.00
477	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 38) ...............................................	174.00	172.00	172.00	168.00	168.00	148.00
478	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 39) ...............................................	180.00	176.00	176.00	172.00	172.00	152.00
479	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with electroconvulsive therapy ......	11.60	11.20	11.20	11.00	11.00	9.70
480	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with radio-therapy ........................	27.50	27.00	27.00	26.50	26.50	23.50
481	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a forceps delivery of a foetus ..	32.00	31.50	31.50	31.00	31.00	27.50
482	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a dislocation requiring open operation, being a dislocation referred to in items 7397 to 7476 ................	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29
483	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a simple and uncomplicated fracture requiring open operation, being a fracture referred to in items 7505 to 7798 .......................	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31
484	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a simple and uncomplicated fracture requiring internal fixation or in connection with the treatment of a compound fracture requiring open operation, being in either case a fracture referred to in items 7505 to 7798 ...	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30
485	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a complicated fracture involving viscera, blood vessels or nerves and requiring open operation, being a fracture referred to in items 7505 to 7798 .....................................................	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
Division 2—Anaesthetics Administered by a Specialist Anaesthetist
500	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 1) .....................................................	5.60	5.50	5.50	5.40	5.40	4.90
505	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 2) .....................................................	11.20	11.00	11.00	10.80	10.80	9.70
506	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 3) .....................................................	16.80	16.40	16.40	16.20	16.20	14.60
509	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 4) .....................................................	22.50	22.00	22.00	21.50	21.50	19.40
510	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 5) .....................................................	28.00	27.50	27.50	27.00	27.00	24.50
513	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 6) .....................................................	33.50	33.00	33.00	32.50	32.50	29.00
514	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 7) .....................................................	39.00	38.50	38.50	38.00	38.00	34.00
517	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 8) .....................................................	44.50	44.00	44.00	43.00	43.00	39.00
518	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 9) .....................................................	50.00	49.50	49.50	48.50	48.50	44.00
521	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 10) ...............................................	56.00	55.00	55.00	54.00	54.00	48.50
522	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 11) ...............................................	61.00	60.00	60.00	59.00	59.00	54.00
523	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 12) ...............................................	67.00	66.00	66.00	65.00	65.00	58.00

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
524	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 13) ...............................................	73.00	71.00	71.00	70.00	70.00	63.00
525	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 14) ...............................................	78.00	77.00	77.00	76.00	76.00	68.00
526	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 15) ...............................................

84.00	82.00	82.00	81.00	81.00	73.00
527	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 16) ...............................................	89.00	88.00	88.00	86.00	86.00	78.00
528	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 17) ...............................................	95.00	93.00	93.00	92.00	92.00	83.00
529	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 18) ...............................................	100.00	99.00	99.00	97.00	97.00	88.00
531	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 19) ...............................................	106.00	104.00	104.00	102.00	102.00	92.00
533	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 20) ...............................................	112.00	110.00	110.00	108.00	108.00	97.00
535	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 21) ...............................................	118.00	116.00	116.00	114.00	114.00	102.00
537	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 22) ...............................................	122.00	120.00	120.00	118.00	118.00	108.00
538	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 23) ...............................................	128.00	126.00	126.00	124.00	124.00	112.00
539	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 24) ...............................................	134.00	132.00	132.00	130.00	130.00	116.00
540	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 25) ...............................................	140.00	138.00	138.00	136.00	136.00	122.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
541	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 26) ...............................................	146.00	142.00	142.00	140.00	140.00	126.00
542	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 27) ...............................................	150.00	148.00	148.00	146.00	146.00	132.00
543	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 28) ...............................................	156.00	154.00	154.00	152.00	152.00	136.00
544	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 29) ...............................................	162.00	160.00	160.00	156.00	156.00	142.00
545	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 30) ...............................................	168.00	164.00	164.00	162.00	162.00	146.00
546	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 32) ...............................................	178.00	176.00	176.00	172.00	172.00	156.00
547	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 36) ...............................................	200.00	198.00	198.00	194.00	194.00	176.00
548	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 38) ...............................................	210.00	210.00	210.00	205.00	205.00	184.00
549	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a medical service being a medical service which contains the reference (AU 39) ...............................................	220.00	215.00	215.00	210.00	210.00	190.00
550	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with electroconvulsive therapy ......	14.00	13.80	13.80	13.60	13.60	12.20
551	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with radio-therapy ........................	33.50	33.00	33.00	32.50	32.50	29.00
552	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with a forceps delivery of a foetus ..	39.00	38.50	38.50	38.00	38.00	34.00
553	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a dislocation requiring open operation, being a dislocation referred to in items 7397 to 7476 ................	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29	Amount under rule 29

 

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Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
554	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a simple and uncomplicated fracture requiring open operation, being a fracture referred to in items 7505 to 7798 .......................	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31	Amount under rule 31
556	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a simple and uncomplicated fracture requiring internal fixation or in connection with the treatment of a compound fracture requiring open operation, being in either case a fracture referred to in items 7505 to 7798 ...	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30	Amount under rule 30
557	Administration of an anaesthetic in connection with the treatment of a complicated fracture involving viscera blood vessels or nerves and requiring open operation, being a fracture referred to in items 7505 to 7798 .....................................................	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32	Amount under rule 32
Division 3—Dental Anaesthetics
566	Administration by a medical practitioner of an anaesthetic, other than endotracheal anaesthetic, in connection with a dental operation (G) ................................	18.40	18.00	18.00	17.88	17.80	15.60
567	Administration by a medical practitioner of an anaesthetic, other than an endotracheal anaesthetic, in connection with a dental operation (S) .................................	22.50	22.00	22.00	21.50	21.50	19.40
568	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endotracheal anaesthetic for extraction of a tooth or teeth, not being an extraction covered by item 570 or 571 (G) .....	27.50	27.00	27.00	26.50	26.50	23.50
569	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endothracheal anaesthetic for extraction of a tooth or teeth, not being an extraction covered by item 570 or 571 (S) ......	33.50	33.00	33.00	32.50	32.50	29.00
570	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endothracheal anaesthetic for removal of a tooth or teeth requiring incision of soft tissue and removal of bone (G) ......	37.00	36.00	36.00	35.50	35.50	31.00

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
571	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endotracheal anaesthetic for removal of a tooth or teeth requiring incision of soft tissue and removal of bone (S) .......	44.50	44.00	44.00	43.00	43.00	39.00
572	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endothracheal anaesthetic for restorative dental work where the procedure is of not more than 30 minutes duration (G) .	27.50	27.00	27.00	26.50	26.50	23.50
573	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endotracheal anaesthetic for restorative dental work where the procedure is of not more than 30 minutes duration (S) .	33.50	33.00	33.00	32.50	32.50	29.00
574	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endotracheal anaesthetic for restorative dental work where the procedure is of more than 30 minutes duration (G) .........	46.00	45.00	45.00	44.50	44.50	39.00
575	Administration by a medical practitioner of an endotracheal anaesthetic for restorative dental work where the procedure is of more than 30 minutes duration (S) ..........	56.00	55.00	55.00	54.00	54.00	48.50

PART 4—REGIONAL NERVE OR FIELD BLOCK

748	Initial major regional or field block, including abdominal; brachial plexus; caudal; cervical plexus (not including the uterine cervix); epidural (peridural); paravertebral (thoracic or lumbar); pudendal; sacral; spinal	30.50	30.50	30.50	30.50	30.50	30.50
752	Subsequent major regional or field block, including abdominal; brachial plexus; caudal; cervical plexus (not including the uterine cervix); epidural (peridural); paravertebral (thoracic or lumbar); pudendal; sacral; spinal .....................................................	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00
760	Intravenous regional anaesthesia of limb by retrograde perfusion (G) ................	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50
764	Intravenous regional anaesthesia of limb by retrograde perfusion (S) .................	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50

PART 5—ASSISTANCE IN ADMINISTRATION OF AN ANAESTHETIC

767 Assistance in the administration of an anaesthetic where the fee specified for the administration of the anaesthetic exceeds $116.00 ........................................ 44.50 44.50 44.50 44.50 44.50 44.50

 

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Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
PART 6—MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES
Division 1
770	Blood pressure recording by intravascular cannula (AU 4) .............................	22.00	22.00	22.00	21.00	21.00	19.60
774	Hyperbaric oxygen therapy where the medical practitioner is not in the chamber ...	44.50	44.50	44.50	44. JO	44.50	44.50
777	Hyperbaric oxygen therapy where the medical practitioner is confined in the chamber .....................................................	72.00	72.00	72.00	72.00	72.00	72.00
787	Administration of a general anaesthetic (including the administration of oxygen) during hyperbaric therapy where the medical practitioner is not confined in the chamber .......................................	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00
790	Administration of a general anaesthetic (including the administration of oxygen) during hyperbaric therapy where the medical practitioner is confined in the chamber .......................................	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00

Division 2

794	Echoencephalography or echography ..	27.50	27.50	27.50	27.50	27.50	27.50
797	Ultrasonic cross-sectional echography, bidimensional ...............................	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00
803	Electroencephalography, not covered by item 794, 797, 806 or 809 (AU 6) ..........	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50
806	Electroencephalography, temporosphenoidal .....................................................	54.00	54.00	54.00	54.00	54.00	54.00
809	Electrocorticography .........................	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00
812	Electromyography—involving estimation of nerve conduction times or stimulating response recording, including sampling of muscle activity	32.50	32.50	32.50	32.50	32.50	32.50
815	Electromyography—involving sampling of muscle activity of one or more muscles—not covered by item 812 ................	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50	20.50
816	Investigation of cortical evoked responses—each study ....................................	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00

Division 3

818	Haemodialysis in hospital (where prolonged and constant specialist medical supervision for the duration of the dialysis is required) .................	126.00	126.00	126.00	126.00	126.00	126.00
821	Haemodialysis in hospital (where intermittent specialist medical supervision of the dialysis is required) .....................................................	63.00	126.00	63.00	63.00	63.00	63.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
824	Haemodialysis in hospital (stabilised maintenance dialysis for chronic renal failure where a separate account for an attendance is not rendered under Part i) .....................................................	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00
831	Declotting of an arteriovenous shunt ...	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00
833	Indwelling peritoneal catheter (Tenckhoff or similar) for dialysis-insertion and fixation of .....................................................	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00
836	Peritoneal dialysis, establishment of by abdominal puncture and insertion of temporary catheter (including associated consultation) ................................	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50
839	Bladder washout test for localisation of urinary infection not including bacterial counts for organisms in specimens .................	24.50	24.50	24.50	24.50	24.50	24.50
Division 4
844	Tonography—in the investigation or management of glaucoma ..............	22.00	18.20	22.00	22.00	18.20	18.20
849	Provocative test or tests for glaucoma, including water drinking ..............................	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
853	Electroretinography ...........................	35.50	35.50	35.50	35.50	35.50	35.50
856	Optic fundi, examination of following intravenous dye injection ...............	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50
859	Retinal photography, multiple exposures, of one eye with intravenous dye injection .....................................................	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50	43.50
860	Retinal photography, multiple exposures of both eyes with intravenous dye injection	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00
Division 5
863	Audiogram, air conduction .................	8.30	8.30	8.30	8.30	8.30	8.30
865	Audiogram, air and bone conduction ..	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
870	Audiogram, air and bone conduction and speech ..........................................	16.20	16.20	16.20	16.20	16.20	16.20
874	Audiogram, air and bone conduction and speech, with other cochlear tests ....	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
877	Impedence audiogram ........................	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
879	Impedence audiogram with either air conduction audiogram or air and bone conduction audiogram ...................	17.80	17.80	17.80	17.80	17.80	17.80
882	Caloric test of labyrinth or labyrinths ..	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20
884	Electronystagmography .....................	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20	14.20

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
Division 6.
886	Electroconvulsive therapy—each attendance at which treatment is given	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20
887	Group psychotherapy (including associated consultations) of not less than 1 hour’s duration given under the continuous direct supervision of a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry, involving a group of 2-9 unrelated patients or a family group of more than 3 patients, each of whom is referred to the consultant physician by a medical practitioner—each patient ..........................................	16.20	16.20	16.20	16.20	16.20	16.20
888	Group psychotherapy (including associated consultations) of not less than 1 hour’s duration given under the continuous direct supervision of a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry, involving a family group of 3 patients, each of whom is referred to the consultant physician by a medical practitioner—each patient ..........................................	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00
889	Group psychotherapy (including associated consultations) of not less than 1 hour duration given under the continuous direct supervision of a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry, involving a family group of 2 patients, each of whom is referred to the consultant physician by a medical practitioner—each patient ..........................................	31.50	31.50	31.50	31.50	31.50	31.50
890	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner, involving an interview of a person other than the patient of not less than 20 minutes duration in the course of initial diagnostic evaluation of the patient, where that interview is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ....	17.40	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
893	Professional attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of his specialty of psychiatry where the patient is referred to him by a medical practitioner, involving an interview of a person other than the patient of not less than 45 minutes duration in the course of initial diagnostic evaluation of the patient, where that interview is at consulting rooms, hospital or nursing home ....	38.00	34.50	34.50	34.50	34.50	34.50

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
Division 7
895	Umbilical vein catherisation with or without infusion ........................................	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20
897	Umbilical artery catherisation with or without infusion ........................................	27.50	27.50	27.50	27.50	27.50	27.50
899	Scalp vein catheterisation with or without infusion ........................................	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20
902	Blood transfusion with venesection and complete replacement of blood, including collection from donor ....................	108.00	108.00	108.00	108.00	108.00	108.00
904	Blood transfusion with venesection and complete replacement of blood, using blood already collected ...........................	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00
907	Blood for pathology test, collection of, by femoral or external jugular vein puncture in infants ..........................................	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10	9.10
Division 8
908	Electrocardiography, tracing and report	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80
909	Electrocardiography, tracing only .......	7.90	7.90	7.90	7.90	7.90	7.90
910	Electrocardiography, report only ........	7.90	7.90	7.90	7.90	7.90	7.90
912	Phonocardiography ............................	23.50	23.50	23.50	23.50	23.50	23.50
913	Echocardiography .............................	39.50	39.50	39.50	39.50	39.50	39.50
914	Exercise electrocardiography, without monitoring (Master’s test)—including resting electrocardiography ...........	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00
915	Electrocardiographic monitoring (continuous) of ambulatory patient including resting electrocardiography and the recording of other parameters	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00
916	Electrocardiographic monitoring during exercise with apparatus such as bicycle ergometer or treadmill including resting electrocardiography and the recording of other parameters ...........................	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00
917	Restoration of cardiac rhythm by electrical stimulation (cardioversion), other than in the course of cardiac surgery (AU 4)	31.50	31.50	31.50	31.50	31.50	31.50
918	Bronchospirometry, including gas analysis	54.00	54.00	54.00	54.00	54.00	54.00
920	Estimation of respiratory function requiring complicated techniques—each attendance at which one or more tests are peformed .....................................................	44.50	44.50	44.50	44.50	44.50	44.50

 

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
921	Estimation of respiratory function (including the making of a graphic record), performed before and after inhalation of a bronchodilator, a cholinergic substance of a sensitising agent, or before and after excercise—each attendance at which one or more tests are performed ...............	13.20	13.20	13.20	13.20	13.20	13.20
922	Perfusion of limb or organ using heart-lung machine or equivalent ...................	144.00	144.00	144.00	144.00	144.00	144.00
923	Whole body perfusion, cardiac bypass using heart-lung machine or equivalent	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00
925

178.00	178.00	178.00	178.00	178.00	178.00
8292	Synovectomy of extensor or flexor tendons in wrist (AU 11) ..................................	178.00	178.00	178.00	178.00	178.00	178.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8294	Cicatricial flexion contracture of joint, correction of, involving tissues deeper than skin and subcutaneous tissue (AU 9)	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00
8296	Dupuytren’s contracture, subcutaneous fasciotomy (AU 8) ..........................	59.00	59.00	59.00	59.00	59.00	59.00
8298	Dupuytren’s contracture, radical operation for (AU 9) ............................................	146.00	146.00	146.00	146.00	146.00	146.00
8300	Volkmann’s contracture, operation for (AU 10) .......................................................	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8302	Fragmentation and rodding in fragilitas ossium—humerus, radius or ulna (AU 11) .......................................................	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00
8304	Fragmentation and rodding in fragilitas ossium—tibia (AU 10) ....................	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00
8306	Fragmentation and rodding in fragilitas ossium—femur (AU 12) ..................	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00
8308	Scapulopexy (AU 9) ............................	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00
8310	Epiphyseodesis—femur (AU 7) ...........	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8312	Epiphyseodesis—tibia and fibula (AU 7) .......................................................	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8314	Epiphyseodesis—femur, tibia and fibula (AU 10) .................................................	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00
8316	Staple arrest of hemi-epiphysis (AU 7) .	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00
8318	Stripping of ilium (Soutter’s operation) (AU 8) .......................................................	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00
8320	Radical plantar fasciotomy (Steindler’s operation) (AU 7) ...........................	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00
8322	Talipes equinovarus—posterior release procedure (AU 7) ............................	162.00	162.00	162.00	162.00	162.00	162.00
8324	Talipes equinovarus—medial release procedure (AU 7) ............................	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00
8326	Subtalar arthrodesis (extra-articular) (AU 10) .......................................................	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00
8328	Calcaneal osteotomy (AU 8) ................	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8330	Calcaneal osteotomy with bone graft (AU 10) .......................................................	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00

Division 12—Paediatric

Manipulations and Plaster Work for Correction of Congenital Abnormalities

8332	Congenital dislocation of hip—manipulation and plaster (one hip) (AU 6) ............	64.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	47.00
8334	Talipes equinovarus—manipulation raider general anaesthesia (AU 5) ..............	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8336	Talipes equinovarus—manipulation and plaster under general anaesthesia (AU 6) .....	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20	18.20
8338	Calcaneus valgus—manipulation under general anaesthesia (AU 5) ..........................	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80
8340	Calcaneus valgus—manipulation and plaster under general anaesthesia (AU 6) .....	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
8342	Pes planus or metatarsus varus—manipulation under general anaesthesia (AU 5) .....	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80
8344	Pes planus or metatarsus varus—manipulation and plaster under general anaesthesia (AU 6) ...................................................	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
8346	Genu varum or genu valgum—manipulation under general anaesthesia (AU 5) .....	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80
8348	Genu varum or genu valgum—manipulation and plaster under general anaesthesia (AU 5) ...................................................	29.50	29.50	29.50	29.50	29.50	29.50
8350	Genu varum or genu valgum—manipulation and plaster with osteoclasis (AU 5) ..	81.00	81.00	81.00	81.00	81.00	81.00
8352	Contractures, manipulation under general anaesthesia, not covered by any other item in this Part (AU 5) ...........................	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80
8354	Contractures, manipulation and plaster under general anaesthesia, not covered by any other item in this Part (AU 5) ...........	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
8356	Spastic paralysis—manipulation and plaster (one limb) (AU 5) ...........................	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
Operations for Correction of Congenital Abnormalities
8358	Subdural haemorrhage, tap for, each tap (AU 6) .......................................................	26.50	26.50	26.50	26.50	26.50	26.50
8360	Subdural haemorrhage, osteoplastic flap and excision of (AU 16) ........................	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00
8362	Ventriculo-cisternostomy (Torkildsen’s operation) (AU 15) ..........................	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00
8364	Ventriculo-jugular shunt (AU 13) .........	293.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00
8366	Ventriculo-atrial shunt for hydrocephalus or other lesion (AU 14) .......................	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00
3368	Ventriculo-atrial shunt, revision or removal of (AU 12) ..........................................	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00
8370	Hydrocephalus, spino-ureteral, spinoperitoneal or spino-pleural anastomosis of, or ventricular spinoperitoneal or similar spinal shunt (AU 13) .................................	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8372	Craniostenosis, operation for—single suture (AU 17) ..........................................	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00
8374	Craniostenosis, operation for—more than one suture (AU 20) ................................	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00
8376	Arachnoidal cyst, operation for (AU 15)	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00
8378	Hypertelorism, correction of (AU 14) ...	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00
8380	Choanal atresia, plastic repair of (AU 16) .......................................................	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00
8382	Choanal atresia, repair of by puncture and dilatation (AU 11) ...........................	72.00	72.00	72.00	72.00	72.00	72.00
8384	Macrocheilia, macroglossia or macrostomia, operation for (AU 13) ......................	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00
8386	Torticollis, operation for (AU 7) ...........	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00
8388	Oesophagus, radical correction of congenital stenosis of (AU 21) .........................	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00
8390	Tracheo-oesophageal fistula (with or without atresia), ligation and division of (AU 20) .......................................................	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00	360.00
8394	Neonatal alimentary obstruction, laparotomy for, with or without resection (AU 15) .......................................................	310.00	310.00	310.00	310.00	310.00	310.00
8398	Hirschsprung’s disease, rectosigmoidectomy for (AU 22) ....................................	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00
8400	Exomphalos or gastroschisis, operation for (AU 13) ..........................................	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00
8402	Exomphalos or gastroschisis, operation for, by plastic flap (AU 14) ........................	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00
8406	Ano-rectal malformation, perineal anoplasty (AU 10) ..........................................	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00
8408	Ano-rectal malformation, rectoplasty, not covered by item 8406 (AU 18) .........	380.00	380.00	380.00	380.00	380.00	380.00
8410	Contracted bladder neck (congenital), wedge excision or perurethral resection of (AU 11) .......................................................	200.00	200.00	200.00	200.00	200.00	200.00
8412	Urachal fistula, operation for (AU 11) ..	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00
8414	Ectopia vesicae, or ectopia cloacae (vesico-intestinal fissure) closure and sphincter reconstruction (AU 12) ....................	390.00	390.00	390.00	390.00	390.00	390.00
8416	Pinhole urinary meatus—meatotomy (AU 5) .......................................................	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50
8418	Urethral valves or urethral membrane, open removal of (AU 12) .........................	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8420	Incontinence of urine (congenital)—plastic operation to sphincter (AU 12) .........	174.00	174.00	174.00	174.00	174.00	174.00
8422	Lymphangiectasis of limb (Milroy’s disease)—limited excision of (AU 14) .............	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00
8424	Lymphangiectasis of limb (Milroy’s disease)—radical excision of (AU 18) ..............	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00
Operations for Excision of Congenital Abnormalities
8428	Extra digit, ligation of pedicle (AU 4) ...	15.60	15.60	15.60	15.60	15.60	15.60
8430	Extra digit, amputation of (AU 6) .........	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50
8432	Dermoid, periorbital, excision of (G) (AU 8)	57.00	57.00	57.00	57.00	57.00	57.00
8434	Dermoid, periorbital, excision of (S) (AU 8)	73.00	73.00	73.00	73.00	73.00	73.00
8436	Dermoid, orbital, excision of (AU 8) ....	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00
8438	Dermoid of nose, superficial, excision of (AU 7) .......................................................	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50
8440	Dermoid of nose, excision of, with intranasal extension (AU 8) ............................	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00
8442	Myelomeningocele—excision of sac (AU 13)	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00
8444	Myelomeningocele, extensive, requiring formal repair with skin flaps or Z plasty (AU 15)	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00
Operations for Acquired Conditions
8446	Epiphysitis (Perthes’, Calve’s or Scheuermann’s) plaster for (AU 5) ............................	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00
8448	Epiphysitis (Sever’s, Kohler’s, Keinboch’s or Schlatter’s) piaster for (AU 5) ..........	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00

Division 13—Plastic and Reconstruction

Meticulous Plastic Repair Designed to Obtain Maximal Functional or Cosmetic Results Including the Preparation of the Defect Requiring Repair

8450	Derma-fat fascia graft (including transplant or muscle flap) (AU 12) ......................	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8452	Abrasive therapy, limited area (AU 6) ..	57.00	57.00	57.00	57.00	57.00	57.00
8454	Abrasive therapy, extensive area (AU 7)	128.00	128.00	128.00	128.00	128.00	128.00
8456	Electrolysis epilation, each treatment (AU 6) .......................................................	17.40	15.20	15.20	15.20	15.20	15.20

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8458	Angioma, cauterisation of or injection into, under general anaesthesia (AU 7) .....	15.40	15.40	15.40	15.40	15.40	15.40
8460	Angioma, cauterisation of or injection into, under general anaesthesia (D) (AU 7)	15.40	15.40	15.40	15.40	15.40	15.40
8462	Angioma of skin, and subcutaneous tissue or mucous surface, small, excision and repair of (AU 7) ........................................	43.50	43.50	35.50	35.50	35.50	30.00
8464	Angioma of skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous surface, small, excision and repair of (D) (AU 7) ..................................	43.50	43.50	35.50	35.50	35.50	30.00
8466	Angioma of skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous surface, large, excision and repair of (AU 9) ........................................	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00
8468	Angioma of skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous surface, large, excision and repair of (D) (AU 9) ..................................	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00
8470	Angioma, involving deeper tissue, small, excision and repair of (AU 9) ...........	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00
8472	Angioma, involving deeper tissue, large, excision and repair of (AU 10) .........	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00
8474	Haemangioma of neck, deep-seated, excision of (AU 10) ......................................	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00	182.00
8476	Major excision and grafting for lymphoedema (AU 15) ..........................................	255.00	255.00	255.00	255.00	255.00	255.00
8478	Foreign implants for contour reconstruction (AU 10) ..........................................	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8479	Foreign implants for contour reconstruction (D) (AU 10) ....................................	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
Skin Flap Surgery
8480	Single stage local flap repair, simple, small (AU 7) ............................................	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00
8482	Single stage local flap repair, simple, small (D) (AU 7) ............................................	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00
8484	Single stage local Hap repair, complicated or large (AU 10) ..................................	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8485	Direct flap repair (cross arm, abdominal or similar), first stage (AU 11) .............	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8486	Direct flap repair (cross arm, abdominal or similar), second stage (AU 9) ...........	76.00	76.00	76.00	76.00	76.00	76.00
8487	Direct flap repair, cross leg, first stage (AU 13) .......................................................	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8488	Direct flap repair, cross leg, second stage (AU 10) .................................................	146.00	146.00	146.00	146.00	146.00	146.00
8490	Direct flap repair, small (cross finger or similar), first stage (AU 7) ...............	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00
8492	Direct Bap repair, small (cross finger or similar), second stage (AU 7) ...........	38.50	38.50	38.50	38.50	38.50	38.50
8494	Indirect flap or tubed pedicle, formation of (AU 10) .................................................	144.00	144.00	144.00	144.00	144.00	144.00
8496	Indirect Bap or tubed pedicle, delay, intermediate transfer or detachment of (AU 8) ...................................................	76.00	76.00	76.00	76.00	76.00	76.00
8498	Indirect Bap or tubed pedicle, preparation of site and attachment to site (AU 10) ...	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8500	Indirect flap or tubed pedicle, spreading of pedicle, as a separate procedure (AU 8) .......................................................	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00
8502	Direct, indirect or local flap repair, revision of graft (AU 7) ....................................	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00
Free Grafts
8504	Free grafts (split skin or pinch grafts) on granulating areas, small (AU 7) ........	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00
8506	Free grafts (split skin or pinch grafts) on granulating areas, small (D) (AU 7) ..	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00
8508	Free grafts (split skin) on granulating areas, extensive (AU 11) ...........................	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8509	Free grafts (split skin) to burns, including excision of burned tissue—involving not more than 2.5 per centum of total body surface (AU 8) ................................	99.00	99.00	99.00	99.00	99.00	99.00
8510	Free grafts (split skin) to burns, including excision of burned tissue—involving more than 2.5 per centum of total body surface (AU 14) ..........................................	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00
8511	Free grafts (homograft split skin) to burns, including excision of burned tissue—involving more than 2.5 per centum of total body surface (AU 13) ......................	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00
8512	Free grafts (split skin) including elective dissection, small (AU 8) ..................	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00
8514	Free grafts (split skin) including elective dissection, small (D) (AU 8) ............	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8516	Free grafts (split skin) including elective dissection, extensive; or inlay graft using a mould, insertion of and removal of mould (AU 11) ..........................................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8518	Free full thickness grafts (AU 9) ..........	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8520	Free full thickness grafts (D) (AU 9) ....	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
Other Grafts and Miscellaneous Procedures
8522	Revision under general anaesthesia of facial or neck scar not more than 3 cm. in length (AU 8) ...................................................	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00
8524	Revision under general anaesthesia of facial or neck scar more than 3 cm. in length (AU 9) .......................................................	96.00	96.00	96.00	96.00	96.00	96.00
8526	Cineplasty for amputation stump (AU 8) .......................................................	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00
8528	Mammaplasty, reduction or repositioning (unilateral) (AU 10) ........................	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00
8530	Mammaplasty, augmentation, prosthetic (unilateral) (AU 10) ........................	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00
8532	Mammaplasty, derma-fat fascia (unilateral) (AU 11) ..........................................	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00
8534	Hair transplants, multiple punch or similar technique, involving not more than 40 punch grafts (AU 7) ..................................	35.50	35.50	35.50	35.50	35.50	35.50
8536	Hair transplants, multiple punch or similar technique, involving more than 40 but not more than 100 punch grafts (AU.8) ..	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00	71.00
8538	Hair transplants, multiple punch or similar technique, involving more than 100 punch grafts (AU 10) ................................	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00
8540	Digit, transplantation of—complete procedure (AU 16) ..........................................	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00	295.00
8542	Neurovascular island flap, including repair of secondary defect (AU 15) ................	415.00	415.00	415.00	415.00	415.00	415.00
8544	Macrodactyly, plastic reduction of, each finger (AU 8) ............................................	106.00	106.00	106.00	106.00	106.00	106.00
8546	Facial nerve paralysis, free fascia graft for (AU 12) .................................................	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00
8548	Facial nerve paralysis, muscle transfer or graft for (AU 13) ....................................	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00	270.00
8550	Melonoplasty (AU 17) .........................	435.00	435.00	435.00	435.00	435.00	435.00
8552	Orbital cavity, reconstruction of floor or roof of (AU 12) ..........................................	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00	156.00
8554	Maxilla, resection of (AU 17) ..............	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00	290.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8556	Mandible, resection of (AU 15) ............	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00
8558	Mandible, resection of CD) (AU 15) .....	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00
8560	Mandible, segmental resection of, for tumours (AU 13) ..........................................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8562	Mandible, segmental resection of, for tumours (D) (AU 13) ....................................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8564	Mandible, section-fixation for prognathism or retrognathism (AU 14) ....................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8566	Mandible, section-fixation for prognathism or retrognathism (D) (AU 14) ..............	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8568	Mandible, hemi-mandibular reconstruction with bone graft, not associated with item 8556 (AU 15) .................................	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00
8570	Mandible, condylectomy (AU 11) ........

152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8572	Mandible, condylectomy (D) (AU 11) ..	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8574	Osteotomy or osteectomy of mandible (other than alveolar margins) for congenital or post-traumatic malformation, not covered by any other item in this Part (AU 11) .......................................................	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00
8576	Osteotomy or osteectomy of mandible (other than alveolar margins) for congenital or post-traumatic malformation, not covered by any other item in this Part (D) (AU 11) .......................................................	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00
8578	Osteotomy or osteectomy of maxilla (other than alveolar margins) or zygoma or both for congenital or post-traumatic malformation, not covered by any other item in this Part (AU 11) ..................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8580	Osteotomy or osteectomy of maxilla (other than alveolar margins) or zygoma or both for congenital or post-traumatic malformation, not covered by any other item in this Part (D) (AU 11) ............	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8582	Whole thickness reconstruction of eyelid other than by direct suture only (AU 10) ...	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8584	Partial reconstruction of eyelid or socket (AU 12) .................................................	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00	91.00
8586	Correction of ptosis (unilateral) (AU 12) .. .......................................................	255.00	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00
8588	Ectropion or entropion, correction of (unilateral) (AU 9) ..........................	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00
8589	Reduction of lower eyelid of one eye (AU 8) .......................................................	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8591	Reduction of upper eyelid of one eye (AU 7) .......................................................	77.00	77.00	77.00	77.00	77.00	77.00
8592	Symblepharon, grafting for (AU 8) .......	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00	152.00
8594	Rhinoplasty, correction of lateral or alar cartilages or both (AU 10) ...............	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00
8596	Rhinoplasty, correction of bony vault only (AU 10) .................................................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8598	Rhinoplasty, total, including correction of all bony and cartilaginous elements of the external nose (AU 12) .....................	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00	325.00
8600	Rhinoplasty or similar contour restoration of the face, involving autogenous bone or costal cartilage graft (AU 13) ...........	410.00	410.00	410.00	410.00	410.00	410.00
8602	Rhinoplasty, secondary revision of (AU 10) .......................................................	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00
8604	Rhinophyma, correction of (AU 9) .......	114.00	114.00	114.00	114.00	114.00	114.00
8606	Composite graft to nose or ear (AU 11)	164.00	164.00	164.00	164.00	164.00	164.00
8608	Lop ear, bat ear of similar deformity, correction of (AU 8) ........................................	174.00	174.00	174.00	174.00	174.00	174.00
8610	Pinna, amputation of, complete (AU 9) .	62.00	62.00	62.00	62.00	62.00	62.00
8612	Congenital atresia, reconstruction of external auditory canal (AU 11) ....................	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00	225.00
8614	Full thickness wedge excision of lip with repair by direct sutures (AU 8) ..................	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00
8616	Vermilionectomy (AU 8) .....................	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00
8618	Lip or eyelid reconstruction using full thickness flap, first stage (AU 11) ....	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00	170.00
8620	Lip or eyelid reconstruction using full thickness flap, second stage (AU 4) ..	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00
8622	Cleft lip, unilateral—primary repair, (AU 12) .......................................................	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00
8624	Cleft lip, complete primary repair, one stage, bilateral (AU 14) .............................	280.00	280.00	280.00	280.00	280.00	280.00
8628	Cleft lip, secondary correction, partial or incomplete (AU 10) ........................	87.00	87.00	87.00	87.00	87.00	87.00
8630	Cleft lip, secondary correction, complete revision (AU 12) .............................	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00	166.00
8632	Cleft lip, secondary correction, Abbe flap (AU 12) .................................................	385.00	385.00	385.00	385.00	385.00	385.00
8634	Cleft lip, secondary correction of nostril or nasal tip (AU 10) ............................	114.00	114.00	114.00	114.00	114.00	114.00

THE SCHEDULE—continued

Item No.	Medical service	Fees
		N.S.W.	Vic.	Qld	S.A.	W.A.	Tas.
$	$	$	$	$	$
8636	Cleft palate, primary repair, partial cleft (AU 13) .................................................	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00
8638	Cleft palate, primary repair, partial cleft (D) (AU 13) ..........................................	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00	205.00
8640	Cleft palate, primary repair, complete cleft or cleft requiring major repair (AU 14) .	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00
8642	Cleft palate, primary repair, complete cleft or cleft requiring major repair (D) (AU 14) .......................................................	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00
8644	Cleft palate, secondary repair, closure of fistula (AU 13) ..........................................	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8646	Cleft palate, secondary repair, closure of fistula (D) (AU 13) ....................................	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00	132.00
8648	Cleft palate, secondary repair, lengthening procedure (AU 12) ..........................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8650	Cleft palate, secondary repair, lengthening procedure (D) (AU 12) ....................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8652	Cleft palate, partial repair, complex cleft (AU 13) .................................................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8654	Cleft palate, partial repair, complex cleft (D) (AU 13) ..........................................	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00	192.00
8656	Pharyngeal flap or pharyngoplasty (AU 15) .......................................................	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00	240.00