Billing - Medicare items for palliative care
ACPA has provided a
summary sheet (183kb pdf) on how Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Item numbers may be used by GPs for advance care planning where clinically appropriate
Medicare item numbers are subject to change. Please also refer to
MBS Online for any updates.
- Standard GP attendance at a hospital, institution or home 4, 24, 37, 47
- After hours care 5003, 5023, 5043, 5063
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 715, 10987
- General practitioner management plans 721, 732,
- Team care arrangement 723, 732,
- Multidisciplinary care plan 729, 731,
- Medication management review 903, 900
- Case conferencing - community setting 735, 747, 739, 750, 743, 758
- Mental healthcare items 2700, 2701, 2712, 2713, 2715, 2717, 2721, 2725
- Consultation at a residential aged care facility 20, 35, 43, 51
New Telehealth Items for COVID-19 vulnerable and/or isolated patients (From March 2020 for 6 months)
COVID-19 Telehealth items
- Telehealth attendance up to 5 minutes 91790
- Telehealth attendance less than 20 minutes 91800
- Telehealth attendance at least 20 minutes 91801
- Telehealth attendance at least 40 minutes 91802
Telephone items - for when video-conferencing is not available
- Telephone attendance up to 5 minutes 91795
- Telephone attendance less than 20 minutes 91809
- Telephone attendance at least 20 minutes 91810
- Telephone attendance at least 40 minutes 91811
From: Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS)
Last updated 18 March 2020