Billing Codes

16015

Administration of Strontium 89 for the relief of bone pain due to skeletal metastases (as indicated by a positive bone scan), if systemic antineoplastic therapy is unavailable or has failed to control the patient’s disease and either: a) the disease is poorly controlled by conventional radiotherapy; or b) conventional radiotherapy is inappropriate, due to the wide distribution of sites of bone pain.

Schedule fee
$4890.05
was $4766.15
100% Benefit
85%: $4785.55
75%: $3667.55
Category
Category 3 — Therapeutic Procedures
Group T3
Status
Fee changed
Full description

Administration of Strontium 89 for the relief of bone pain due to skeletal metastases (as indicated by a positive bone scan), if systemic antineoplastic therapy is unavailable or has failed to control the patient’s disease and either: a) the disease is poorly controlled by conventional radiotherapy; or b) conventional radiotherapy is inappropriate, due to the wide distribution of sites of bone pain.

Fee history

Release Change Old New
July 2026 Fee ↑ $4766.15 $4890.05

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