Billing Codes

2198

Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in the table applies), lasting more than 60 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients on one occasion—each patient.

Schedule fee
100% Benefit
Category
Category 1 — Professional Attendances
Group A7
Status
Unchanged
Full description

Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in the table applies), lasting more than 60 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients on one occasion—each patient.

Derived fee formula
The fee for item 2197, plus $24.90 divided by the number of patients seen, up to a maximum of six patients. For seven or more patients - the fee for item 2197 plus $1.95 per patient.

Fee history

No recorded changes yet — history accumulates with each release.

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