RebateRight MBS Update
1st Nov 2025
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6,005
New MBS Item Total
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3
Modified Benefit Types
4
Modified Schedule Fee
28
New MBS Items
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165
Modified Descriptions
20
Modified Eligible Age
12
Deleted Items
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18
Modified Referral Requirements
2
Modified Derived Fee
167
Modified Items
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0
Modified Claim Frequency Limits
4
New Schedule Fee Start Date
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New MBS Items: 28
Item Number: 92440
Description: Phone attendance for a person by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) if:(a) the attendance follows referral of the patient to the consultant physician; and (b) the attendance was of more than 5 minutes in duration; where the attendance is after the first attendance as part of a single course of treatment.
Schedule Fee: 89.40
Item Number: 92441
Description: Phone attendance of at least 30 minutes in duration by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty of psychiatry for an eligible patient, if:(a) the consultant psychiatrist reviews the treatment efficacy of services provided under the eating disorder treatment and management plan, including a discussion with the patient regarding whether the eating disorders psychological treatment and dietetic services are meeting the patient’s needs; and(b) the patient has been referred by a referring practitioner; and(c) during the attendance, the consultant psychiatrist: (i) uses an outcome tool (if clinically appropriate); and (ii) carries out a mental state examination; and (iii) makes a psychiatric diagnosis; and (iv) reviews the eating disorder treatment and management plan; and(d) within 2 weeks after the attendance, the consultant psychiatrist: (i) prepares a written diagnosis of the patient; and (ii) revises the eating disorder treatment and management; and (iii) gives the referring practitioner a copy of the diagnosis and the revised management plan; and (iv) if clinically appropriate, explains the diagnosis and the revised management plan, and gives a copy, to: (A) the patient; and (B) the patient’s carer (if any), if the patient agrees.
Schedule Fee: 335.05
Item Number: 92442
Description: Phone attendance of at least 20 minutes in duration by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty of paediatrics for an eligible patient, if:(a) the consultant paediatrician reviews the treatment efficacy of services provided under the eating disorder treatment and management plan, including a discussion with the patient regarding whether the eating disorders psychological treatment and dietetic services are meeting the patient’s needs; and(b) the patient has been referred by a referring practitioner; and(c) during the attendance, the consultant paediatrician: (i) uses an outcome tool (if clinically appropriate); and (ii) carries out a mental state examination; and (iii) makes a psychiatric diagnosis; and (iv) reviews the eating disorder treatment and management plan; and(d) within 2 weeks after the attendance, the consultant paediatrician: (i) prepares a written diagnosis of the patient; and (ii) revises the eating disorder treatment and management; and (iii) gives the referring practitioner a copy of the diagnosis and the revised management plan; and (iv) if clinically appropriate, explains the diagnosis and the revised management plan, and gives a copy, to: (A) the patient; and (B) the patient’s carer (if any), if the patient agrees.
Schedule Fee: 156.45
Item Number: 92443
Description: Phone attendance by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) of at least 20 minutes in duration after the first attendance in a single course of treatment for a review of a patient with at least two morbidities (which may include complex congenital, developmental and behavioural disorders) if:(a) a review is undertaken that covers: (i) review of initial presenting problems and results of diagnostic investigations; and (ii) review of responses to treatment and medication plans initiated at time of initial consultation; and (iii) comprehensive multi or detailed single organ system assessment; and (iv) review of original and differential diagnoses; and(b) the modified consultant physician treatment and management plan is provided to the referring practitioner, which involves, if appropriate: (i) a revised opinion on the diagnosis and risk assessment; and (ii) treatment options and decisions; and (iii) revised medication recommendations; and(c) an attendance on the patient to which item 110, 116 or 119 of the general medical services table or item 91824, 91825, 91826, 91836 or 92440 applies did not take place on the same day by the same consultant physician; and(d) item 132 of the general medical services table or item 92422 applied to an attendance claimed in the preceding 12 months; and(e) the attendance under this item is claimed by the same consultant physician who claimed item 132 of the general medical services table or item 92422; and(f) this item, or item 133 of the general medical services table or item 92423 has not applied more than twice in any 12 month period.
Schedule Fee: 156.45
Item Number: 92444
Description: Phone attendance lasting more than 30 minutes, but not more than 45 minutes, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty of psychiatry, if: (a) the patient is being managed by a medical practitioner or a participating nurse practitioner in accordance with a management plan prepared by the consultant in accordance with item 291 or 92435; and (b) the attendance follows referral of the patient to the consultant, by the medical practitioner or participating nurse practitioner managing the patient, for review of the management plan and the associated comprehensive diagnostic assessment; and (c) during the attendance, the consultant: (i) if it is clinically appropriate to do so—uses an appropriate outcome tool; and (ii) carries out a mental state examination; and (iii) reviews the comprehensive diagnostic assessment and undertakes additional assessment as required; and (iv) reviews the management plan; and (d) within 2 weeks after the attendance, the consultant prepares and gives to the referring practitioner a written report, which includes: (i) a revised comprehensive diagnostic assessment of the patient; and (ii) a revised management plan including updated recommendations to the referring practitioner to manage the patient's ongoing care in a biopsychosocial model; and (e) if clinically appropriate, the consultant explains the diagnostic assessment and the management plan, and gives a copy, to: (i) the patient; and (ii) the patient's carer (if any), if the patient agrees; and (f) in the preceding 12 months, a service to which item 291 of the general medical services table or item 92435 applies has been provided; and (g) in the preceding 12 months, a service to which this item or item 293 of the general medical services table or item 92436 applies has not been provided.
Schedule Fee: 335.05
Item Number: 92445
Description: Phone attendance by a specialist in the practice of neurosurgery following referral of the patient to the specialist—an attendance after the first in a single course of treatment, involving arranging any necessary investigations in relation to one or more complex problems and of more than 15 minutes in duration but not more than 30 minutes in duration.
Schedule Fee: 101.30
Item Number: 92446
Description: Phone attendance by a specialist in the practice of neurosurgery following referral of the patient to the specialist—an attendance after the first in a single course of treatment, involving arranging any necessary investigations in relation to one or more complex problems and of more than 30 minutes in duration but not more than 45 minutes in duration.
Schedule Fee: 140.35
Item Number: 92447
Description: Phone attendance by a specialist in the practice of neurosurgery following referral of the patient to the specialist—an attendance after the first in a single course of treatment, involving arranging any necessary investigations in relation to one or more complex problems and of more than 45 minutes in duration.
Schedule Fee: 178.70
Item Number: 92448
Description: Phone attendance of more than 30 minutes in duration by a consultant physician or specialist in the practice of the consultant physician’s or specialist’s specialty of geriatric medicine to review a management plan previously prepared by that consultant physician or specialist under item 141, 145 or 92623 if:(a) the review is initiated by the referring medical practitioner practising in general practice or a participating nurse practitioner; and (b) during the attendance: (i) the patient’s health status is reassessed; and (ii) a management plan prepared under item 141 or 145 of the general medical services table or items 92623 is reviewed and revised; and (iii) the revised management plan is explained to the patient and (if appropriate) the patient’s family and any carers and communicated in writing to the referring practitioner; and (c) an attendance to which item 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 116 or 119 of the general medical services table or item 91822, 91823, 91833, 91824, 91825, 91826, 91836 or 92440 applies was not provided to the patient on the same day by the same practitioner; and (d) an attendance to which item 141 or 145 of the general medical services table, or item 92623 applies has been provided to the patient by the same practitioner in the preceding 12 months; and (e) an attendance to which this item, or item 143 or 147 of the general medical services table or item 92624 applies has not been provided to the patient in the preceding 12 months, unless there has been a significant change in the patient’s clinical condition or care circumstances that requires a further review.
Schedule Fee: 335.05
Item Number: 16060
Description: 177Lutetium-DOTA-somatostatin receptor agonist treatment cycle for patients with histologically confirmed and inoperable neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN), either locally advanced or metastatic, with documented disease progression or uncontrolled symptoms related to their NEN despite standard therapy who: a) have high tumour somatostatin receptor expression demonstrated on whole body 68Ga DOTA somatostatin agonist PET study; and b) are considered suitable for a course of 177Lutetium-DOTA-somatostatin receptor agonist therapy by a formally convened NEN multidisciplinary board. Includes the necessary patient preparation, administration and treatment, immediate patient aftercare required for the treatment cycle, consultation with the supervising specialist within 36 hours of treatment, and a post-infusion SPECT if performed.
Schedule Fee: 9999.95
Item Number: 35501
Description: A medical service to which item 35503, 35506, 14206 or 30062 applies, if the service is bulk‑billed in relation to the fees for: (a) that item; and (b) any other item in this Schedule applying to the service.
Derived Fee: 40% of the fee for the co-claimed service - performed in conjunction with a service (the co-claimed service) to which any of items 35503, 35506, 14206 and/or 30062 apply.
Item Number: 55080
Description: Pelvis, ultrasound scan of, by any or all approaches (including transvaginal), if: (a) the patient is known to have, or the requesting practitioner suspects, a complex gynaecological condition; and (b) the service is considered a complex investigation requiring a minimum of 30 minutes scanning time; and (c) within 24 hours of the service, a service mentioned in item 55038, 55065, 55700, 55704, 55736, or 55739 is not performed on the same patient.
Schedule Fee: 255.00
Item Number: 61530
Description: Whole body 68Ga-DOTA-somatostatin receptor agonist PET study for: a) staging of histologically confirmed neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN) considered surgically incurable on conventional imaging, orb) evaluation of somatostatin receptor expression of histologically confirmed and inoperable NEN, either locally advanced or metastatic, under consideration for peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT); orc) evaluation of response to PRRT therapy; ord) evaluation of suspected recurrent or metastatic disease in known somatostatin receptor positive NEN. (R) (Anaes.).
Schedule Fee: 953.00
Item Number: 66520
Description: Fibroblast growth factor 23 quantification in serum or plasma, requested by a specialist or consultant physician to determine eligibility for a relevant treatment listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Schedule Fee: 90.00
Item Number: 66525
Description: Faecal calprotectin test for the management of a symptomatic patient with diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease, requested by or on behalf of a specialist or consultant physician.
Schedule Fee: 75.00
Item Number: 73322
Description: Genetic testing in the DPYD gene to diagnose or predict fluoropyrimidine-induced toxicity in a patient, if: (a) the service is requested by a specialist or consultant physician; and (b) the service is rendered before, during or after systemic administration of chemotherapy or radio-sensitisation, with a fluoropyrimidine, to the patient; and (c) genotyping is performed to detect DPYD variants linked to reduced or absent dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase activity. Applicable once per lifetime.
Schedule Fee: 182.00
Item Number: 82201
Description: Introduction of an intra-uterine device for abnormal uterine bleeding or contraception or for endometrial protection during oestrogen replacement therapy (Anaes.).
Schedule Fee: 215.95
Item Number: 82202
Description: Removal of etonogestrel subcutaneous implant (Anaes.).
Schedule Fee: 105.15
Item Number: 82203
Description: Hormone or living tissue implantation by cannula.
Schedule Fee: 100.40
Item Number: 82204
Description: A service rendered by a participating nurse practitioner to which item 82201, 82202 or 82203 applies, if the service is bulk‑billed in relation to the fees for: (a) that item; and (b) any other item in Subgroup 1 of Group M14 or item 73832 and 73833 applying to the service.
Derived Fee: 40% of the fee for items 82201, 82202, or 82203.
Item Number: 82206
Description: A procedure, being a service to which an item in Subgroup 4 of Group M14 would have applied had the procedure not been discontinued on clinical grounds, other than a service to which 82203 applies.
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Derived Fee: 50.95
Item Number: 93718
Description: Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at any operation mentioned in an item in Group T8 that includes \"(Assist.)\" for which the fee does not exceed $651. 30 or at a series or combination of operations mentioned in an item in Group T8 that include \"(Assist. )\" for which the aggregate fee does not exceed $651.30.
Schedule Fee: 100.65
Item Number: 93719
Description: Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at any operation mentioned in an item in Group T8 that includes \"(Assist.)\" for which the fee exceeds $651.30 or at a series or combination of operations mentioned in an item in Group T8 that include \"(Assist.)\" for which the aggregate fee exceeds $651.30.
Derived Fee: For assistance at an operation or series or combination of operations, means 20% of the sum of the fees payable under the Act for the services provided at that operation, or series of operations, by the practitioner to whom the assistance was given.
Item Number: 93720
Description: Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at a birth involving Caesarean section (H).
Schedule Fee: 145.45
Item Number: 93721
Description: Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at a series or combination of operations that include \"(Assist.)\" and assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at a birth involving Caesarean section.
Derived Fee: (a) 20% of the sum of the fees payable under the Act for the services provided at those operations by the practitioner to whom the assistance was given; or\r\n(b) for the caesarean section component of the operations—the fee mentioned in item 16520.
Item Number: 93722
Description: Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at any interventional obstetric procedure covered by items 16606, 16609, 16612, 16615 and 16627 (H).
Derived Fee: 20% of the sum of the fees payable under the Act for the services provided at that procedure or combination of procedures by the practitioner to whom the assistance was given.
Item Number: 93723
Description: Assistance by a participating nurse practitioner at cataract and intraocular lens surgery covered by item 42698, 42701, 42702, 42704, 42705 or 42707, when performed in association with services covered by item 42551 to 42569, 42653, 42656, 42725, 42746, 42749, 42752, 42776 or 42779 (H)
Schedule Fee: 317.80
Item Number: 93724
Description: Assistance at cataract and intraocular lens surgery by a participating nurse practitioner, if patient has:(a) total loss of vision, including no potential for central vision, in the fellow eye; or (b) one of the following in the fellow eye: (i) vitreous loss;(ii) rupture of posterior capsule;(iii) loss of nuclear material into the vitreous;(iv) intraocular haemorrhage;(v) intraocular infection (endophthalmitis);(vi) cystoid macular oedema;(vii) corneal decompensation;(viii) retinal detachment; or (c) pseudo exfoliation, subluxed lens, iridodonesis, phacodonesis, retinal detachment, corneal scarring, pre-existing uveitis, bound down miosed pupil, nanophthalmos, spherophakia, Marfan's syndrome, homocysteinuria or previous blunt trauma causing intraocular damage (H).
Schedule Fee: 209.75
Deleted MBS Items: 12
Item Number: 277
Description: Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner to:(a) review a GP mental health treatment plan which a medical practitioner, or an associated medical practitioner, has prepared; or(b) to review a Psychiatrist Assessment and Management Plan.
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Item Number: 279
Description: Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner, in relation to a mental disorder, lasting at least 20 minutes and involving:(a) taking relevant history and identifying the presenting problem (to the extent not previously recorded); and(b) providing treatment and advice; and(c) if appropriate, referral for other services or treatments; and(d) documenting the outcomes of the consultation.
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Item Number: 2712
Item Number: 277
Description: Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner to:(a) review a GP mental health treatment plan which a medical practitioner, or an associated medical practitioner, has prepared; or(b) to review a Psychiatrist Assessment and Management Plan.
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Item Number: 279
Description: Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner, in relation to a mental disorder, lasting at least 20 minutes and involving:(a) taking relevant history and identifying the presenting problem (to the extent not previously recorded); and(b) providing treatment and advice; and(c) if appropriate, referral for other services or treatments; and(d) documenting the outcomes of the consultation.
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Item Number: 2712
Description: Professional attendance by a general practitioner to review a GP mental health treatment plan which he or she, or an associated general practitioner has prepared, or to review a Psychiatrist Assessment and Management Plan.
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Item Number: 2713
Description: Professional attendance by a general practitioner in relation to a mental disorder and of at least 20 minutes in duration, involving taking relevant history and identifying the presenting problem (to the extent not previously recorded), providing treatment and advice and, if appropriate, referral for other services or treatments, and documenting the outcomes of the consultation.
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Item Number: 92114
Description: Video attendance by a general practitioner to review a GP mental health treatment plan which the general practitioner, or an associated general practitioner has prepared, or to review a psychiatrist assessment and management plan.
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Item Number: 92115
Description: Video attendance by a general practitioner in relation to a mental disorder and of at least 20 minutes in duration, involving taking relevant history and identifying the presenting problem (to the extent not previously recorded), providing treatment and advice and, if appropriate, referral for other services or treatments, and documenting the outcomes of the consultation.
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Item Number: 92120
Description: Video attendance by a medical practitioner (not including a general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician) to review a GP mental health treatment plan which he or she, or an associated medical practitioner has prepared, or to review a psychiatrist assessment and management plan.
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Item Number: 92121
Description: Video attendance by a medical practitioner (not including a general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician) in relation to a mental disorder and of at least 20 minutes in duration, involving taking relevant history and identifying the presenting problem (to the extent not previously recorded), providing treatment and advice and, if appropriate, referral for other services or treatments, and documenting the outcomes of the consultation.
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Item Number: 92126
Description: Phone attendance by a general practitioner to review a GP mental health treatment plan which the general practitioner, or an associated general practitioner has prepared, or to review a Psychiatrist Assessment and Management Plan.
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Item Number: 92127
Description: Phone attendance by a general practitioner in relation to a mental disorder and of at least 20 minutes in duration, involving taking relevant history and identifying the presenting problem (to the extent not previously recorded), providing treatment and advice and, if appropriate, referral for other services or treatments, and documenting the outcomes of the consultation.
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Item Number: 92132
Description: Phone attendance by a medical practitioner (not including a general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician), to review a GP mental health treatment plan which he or she, or an associated medical practitioner has prepared, or to review a psychiatrist assessment and management plan.
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Item Number: 92133
Description: Phone attendance by a medical practitioner (not including a general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician) in relation to a mental disorder and of at least 20 minutes in duration, involving taking relevant history and identifying the presenting problem (to the extent not previously recorded), providing treatment and advice and, if appropriate, referral for other services or treatments, and documenting the outcomes of the consultation.
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