Billing Codes

91857

Postnatal phone attendance (other than a service to which any other item applies) if: (a) the attendance is rendered by: (i) a practice midwife (on behalf of and under the supervision of the medical practitioner who attended the birth); or (ii) an obstetrician; or (iii) a general practitioner; and (b) is between 1 week and 4 weeks after the birth; and (c) lasts at least 20 minutes; and (d) is for a patient who was privately admitted for the birth; and (e) is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82130, 82135 or 82140 of the Health Insurance (Section 3C Midwife and Nurse Practitioner Services) Determination 2020 or item 91214, 91215, 91221 or 91222 is not provided. Applicable once for a pregnancy

Schedule fee
$63.90
was $62.30
100% Benefit
85%: $54.35
Category
Category 3 — Therapeutic Procedures
Group T4
Status
Fee changed
Full description

Postnatal phone attendance (other than a service to which any other item applies) if: (a) the attendance is rendered by: (i) a practice midwife (on behalf of and under the supervision of the medical practitioner who attended the birth); or (ii) an obstetrician; or (iii) a general practitioner; and (b) is between 1 week and 4 weeks after the birth; and (c) lasts at least 20 minutes; and (d) is for a patient who was privately admitted for the birth; and (e) is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82130, 82135 or 82140 of the Health Insurance (Section 3C Midwife and Nurse Practitioner Services) Determination 2020 or item 91214, 91215, 91221 or 91222 is not provided. Applicable once for a pregnancy

Fee history

Release Change Old New
July 2026 Fee ↑ $62.3 $63.9

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