Billing Codes

51318

Assistance at cataract and intraocular lens surgery, if patient has: (a) total loss of vision, including no potential for central vision, in the fellow eye; or (b) one of the following in the fellow eye: (i) vitreous loss; (ii) rupture of posterior capsule; (iii) loss of nuclear material into the vitreous; (iv) intraocular haemorrhage; (v) intraocular infection (endophthalmitis); (vi) cystoid macular oedema; (vii) corneal decompensation; (viii) retinal detachment; or (c) pseudo exfoliation, subluxed lens, iridodonesis, phacodonesis, retinal detachment, corneal scarring, pre‑existing uveitis, bound down miosed pupil, nanophthalmos, spherophakia, Marfan’s syndrome, homocysteinuria or previous blunt trauma causing intraocular damage (H)

MBS fee
$215.20
DVA fee
$209.75
Category
Category 3 — Therapeutic Procedures
Status
Unchanged
Additional DVA rates
RMFS In-Hosp
$293.70
Full description

Assistance at cataract and intraocular lens surgery, if patient has: (a) total loss of vision, including no potential for central vision, in the fellow eye; or (b) one of the following in the fellow eye: (i) vitreous loss; (ii) rupture of posterior capsule; (iii) loss of nuclear material into the vitreous; (iv) intraocular haemorrhage; (v) intraocular infection (endophthalmitis); (vi) cystoid macular oedema; (vii) corneal decompensation; (viii) retinal detachment; or (c) pseudo exfoliation, subluxed lens, iridodonesis, phacodonesis, retinal detachment, corneal scarring, pre‑existing uveitis, bound down miosed pupil, nanophthalmos, spherophakia, Marfan’s syndrome, homocysteinuria or previous blunt trauma causing intraocular damage (H)

Fee history

No recorded changes yet — history accumulates with each release.

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