Billing Codes

16590

Planning and management, by a practitioner, of a pregnancy if: (a) the practitioner intends to take primary responsibility for management of the pregnancy and any complications, and to be available for the birth; and (b) the patient intends to be privately admitted for the birth; and (c) the pregnancy has progressed beyond 28 weeks gestation; and (d) the practitioner has maternity privileges at a hospital or birth centre; and (e) the service includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and (f) a service to which item 16591 applies is not provided in relation to the same pregnancy Applicable once for a pregnancy

Schedule fee
$446.15
was $434.85
100% Benefit
85%: $379.25
75%: $334.65
Category
Category 3 — Therapeutic Procedures
Group T4
Status
Fee changed
Full description

Planning and management, by a practitioner, of a pregnancy if: (a) the practitioner intends to take primary responsibility for management of the pregnancy and any complications, and to be available for the birth; and (b) the patient intends to be privately admitted for the birth; and (c) the pregnancy has progressed beyond 28 weeks gestation; and (d) the practitioner has maternity privileges at a hospital or birth centre; and (e) the service includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and (f) a service to which item 16591 applies is not provided in relation to the same pregnancy Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee history

Release Change Old New
July 2026 Fee ↑ $434.85 $446.15

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