Billing Codes

24

Professional attendance by a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting at least 6 minutes and less than 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:(a) taking a patient history;(b) performing a clinical examination;(c) arranging any necessary investigation;(d) implementing a management plan;(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion—each patient

Schedule fee
100% Benefit
Category
Category 1 — Professional Attendances
Group A1 · Sub 2
Status
Unchanged
Full description

Professional attendance by a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting at least 6 minutes and less than 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:(a) taking a patient history;(b) performing a clinical examination;(c) arranging any necessary investigation;(d) implementing a management plan;(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion—each patient

Derived fee formula
The fee for item 23, plus $31.50 divided by the number of patients seen, up to a maximum of six patients. For seven or more patients - the fee for item 23 plus $2.50 per patient.

Fee history

No recorded changes yet — history accumulates with each release.

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