Billing Codes

5261

Professional attendance by a medical practitioner who is not a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in this Schedule 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 A23
Status
Unchanged
Full description

Professional attendance by a medical practitioner who is not a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting more than 60 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients on one occasion—each patient

Derived fee formula
An amount equal to $112.20, plus $15.50 divided by the number of patients seen, up to a maximum of six patients. For seven or more patients - an amount equal to $112.20 plus $0.70 per patient

Fee history

No recorded changes yet — history accumulates with each release.

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