Billing Codes

17690

- Where a pre-anaesthesia consultation covered by an item in the range 17615-17625 is performed in-rooms if: (a) the service is provided to a patient prior to an admitted patient episode of care involving anaesthesia; and (b) the service is not provided to an admitted patient of a hospital; and (c) the service is not provided on the day of admission to hospital for the subsequent episode of care involving anaesthesia services; and (d) the service is of more than 15 minutes duration not being a service associated with a service to which items 2801 - 3000 apply.

Schedule fee
$48.00
was $46.80
100% Benefit
85%: $40.80
75%: $36.00
Category
Category 3 — Therapeutic Procedures
Group T6
Status
Fee changed
Full description

- Where a pre-anaesthesia consultation covered by an item in the range 17615-17625 is performed in-rooms if: (a) the service is provided to a patient prior to an admitted patient episode of care involving anaesthesia; and (b) the service is not provided to an admitted patient of a hospital; and (c) the service is not provided on the day of admission to hospital for the subsequent episode of care involving anaesthesia services; and (d) the service is of more than 15 minutes duration not being a service associated with a service to which items 2801 - 3000 apply.

Fee history

Release Change Old New
July 2026 Fee ↑ $46.8 $48.0

Data sourced from Australian Government publications · Not an official government service