Item 10988

Immunisation provided to a person by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner if: (a) the immunisation is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and (b) the person is not an admitted patient of a hospital.

MBS Fee: $14.00

Practical Summary

Billing Options (Reference)

10950 (same category)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing service provided to a patient by an eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker or eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner if: (a) the patient has a chronic condition and complex care needs being managed by a medical practitioner (other than a specialist or consultant physician) under: (i) a GP chronic condition management plan that has been prepared or reviewed in the last 18 months; or (ii) until the end of 30 June 2027—a GP Management Plan and Team Care Arrangements prepared prior to 1 July 2025; or (iii) a multidisciplinary care plan; and (b) the service is recommended in the patient’s plan or arrangements as part of the management of the patient’s chronic condition and complex care needs; and (c) the service is of at least 20 minutes duration; to a maximum of 5 services (including any services to which this item or any other item in this Subgroup or item 93000 or 93013 in the Telehealth Attendance Determination applies) in a calendar year

Fee: $72.65 | Diff vs current: +$58.65

10955 (same category)

Attendance by an eligible allied health practitioner, or eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care professional, as a member of a multidisciplinary case conference team, to participate in: (a) a community case conference; or (b) a multidisciplinary case conference in a residential aged care facility; if the conference lasts for at least 15 minutes, but for less than 20 minutes (other than a service associated with a service to which another item in this Group applies)

Fee: $57.00 | Diff vs current: +$43.00

10957 (same category)

Attendance by an eligible allied health practitioner, or eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care professional, as a member of a multidisciplinary case conference team, to participate in: (a) a community case conference; or (b) a multidisciplinary case conference in a residential aged care facility; if the conference lasts for at least 20 minutes, but for less than 40 minutes (other than a service associated with a service to which another item in this Group applies)

Fee: $97.75 | Diff vs current: +$83.75

10959 (same category)

Attendance by an eligible allied health practitioner, or eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care professional, as a member of a multidisciplinary case conference team, to participate in: (a) a community case conference; or (b) a multidisciplinary case conference in a residential aged care facility; if the conference lasts for at least 40 minutes (other than a service associated with a service to which another item in this Group applies)

Fee: $162.60 | Diff vs current: +$148.60

10983 (same category)

Attendance by a practice nurse, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner, to provide clinical support to a patient who: (a) is participating in a video conferencing consultation with a specialist, consultant physician or psychiatrist; and (b) is not an admitted patient

Fee: $37.85 | Diff vs current: +$23.85

10987 (same category)

Follow up service provided by a practice nurse or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, on behalf of a medical practitioner, for an Indigenous person who has received a health assessment if: a) The service is provided on behalf of and under the supervision of a medical practitioner; and b) the person is not an admitted patient of a hospital; and c) the service is consistent with the needs identified through the health assessment; - to a maximum of 10 services per patient in a calendar year

Fee: $27.95 | Diff vs current: +$13.95

10989 (same category)

Treatment of a person's wound (other than normal aftercare) provided by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner if: (a) the treatment is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and (b) the person is not an admitted patient of a hospital.

Fee: $14.00 | Diff vs current: +$0.00

10997 (same category)

Service provided by a practice nurse or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner to a person with a chronic condition, if: (a) the service is provided on behalf of and under the supervision of a medical practitioner; and (b) the person is not an admitted patient of a hospital; and (c) the person has in place: (i) a GP chronic condition management plan that has been prepared or reviewed in the last 18 months; or (ii) until the end of 30 June 2027—a GP management plan, or team care arrangements, prepared before 1 July 2025; or (iii) a multidisciplinary care plan; and (d) the service is consistent with the plan or arrangements Applicable up to a total of 5 services to which this item, item 92301 or item 93203 applies in a calendar year

Fee: $14.00 | Diff vs current: +$0.00

12325 (same category)

Assessment of visual acuity and bilateral retinal photography with a non mydriatic retinal camera, including analysis and reporting of the images for initial or repeat assessment for presence or absence of diabetic retinopathy, in a patient with medically diagnosed diabetes, if: (a) the patient is of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent; and (b) the assessment is performed by the medical practitioner (other than an optometrist or ophthalmologist) providing the primary glycaemic management of the patient's diabetes; and (c) this item and item 12326 have not applied to the patient in the preceding 12 months; and (d) the patient does not have: (i) an existing diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy; or (ii) visual acuity of less than 6/12 in either eye; or (iii) a difference of more than 2 lines of vision between the 2 eyes at the time of presentation

Fee: $58.25 | Diff vs current: +$44.25

13105 (same category)

Haemodialysis for a patient with end‑stage renal disease if: (a) the service is provided by a registered nurse, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner on behalf of a medical practitioner; and (b) the service is supervised by the medical practitioner (either in person or remotely); and (c) the patient’s care is managed by a nephrologist; and (d) the patient is treated or reviewed by the nephrologist every 3 to 6 months (either in person or remotely); and (e) the patient is not an admitted patient of a hospital; and (f) the service is provided in a Modified Monash 7 area

Fee: $690.60 | Diff vs current: +$676.60

16400 (same category)

Antenatal service provided by a practice midwife, nurse or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, applicable 10 times for a pregnancy, if: (a) the service is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and (b) the service is provided at, or from, a practice location in a regional, rural or remote area; and (c) the service is not performed in conjunction with another antenatal attendance item in Group T4 for the same patient on the same day by the same practitioner; and (d) the service is not provided for an admitted patient of a hospital or approved day facility

Fee: $31.80 | Diff vs current: +$17.80

16522 (same category)

Management of labour and birth, or birth alone, (including caesarean section), on or after 23 weeks gestation, if in the course of antenatal supervision or intrapartum management one or more of the following conditions is present, including postnatal care for 7 days: (a) fetal loss; (b) multiple pregnancy; (c) antepartum haemorrhage that is: (i) of greater than 200 ml; or (ii) associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation; (d) placenta praevia on ultrasound in the third trimester with the placenta within 2 cm of the internal cervical os; (e) baby with a birth weight less than or equal to 2,500 g; (f) trial of vaginal birth in a patient with uterine scar where there has been a planned vaginal birth after caesarean section; (g) trial of vaginal breech birth where there has been a planned vaginal breech birth; (h) prolonged labour greater than 12 hours with partogram evidence of abnormal cervimetric progress as evidenced by cervical dilatation at less than 1 cm/hr in the active phase of labour (after 3 cm cervical dilatation and effacement until full dilatation of the cervix); (i) acute fetal compromise evidenced by: (i) scalp pH less than 7.15; or (ii) scalp lactate greater than 4.0; (j) acute fetal compromise evidenced by at least one of the following significant cardiotocograph abnormalities: (i) prolonged bradycardia (less than 100 bpm for more than 2 minutes); (ii) absent baseline variability (less than 3 bpm); (iii) sinusoidal pattern; (iv) complicated variable decelerations with reduced (3 to 5 bpm) or absent baseline variability; (v) late decelerations; (k) pregnancy induced hypertension of at least 140/90 mm Hg associated with: (i) at least 2+ proteinuria on urinalysis; or (ii) protein-creatinine ratio greater than 30 mg/mmol; or (iii) platelet count less than 150 x 109/L; or (iv) uric acid greater than 0.36 mmol/L; (l) gestational diabetes mellitus requiring at least daily blood glucose monitoring; (m) mental health disorder (whether arising prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy or postpartum) that is demonstrated by: (i) the patient requiring hospitalisation; or (ii) the patient receiving ongoing care by a psychologist or psychiatrist to treat the symptoms of a mental health disorder; or (iii) the patient having a GP mental health treatment plan; or (iv) the patient having a management plan prepared in accordance with item 291; (n) disclosure or evidence of domestic violence; (o) any of the following conditions either diagnosed pre-pregnancy or evident at the first antenatal visit before 20 weeks gestation: (i) pre-existing hypertension requiring antihypertensive medication prior to pregnancy; (ii) cardiac disease (co-managed with a specialist physician and with echocardiographic evidence of myocardial dysfunction); (iii) previous renal or liver transplant; (iv) renal dialysis; (v) chronic liver disease with documented oesophageal varices; (vi) renal insufficiency in early pregnancy (serum creatinine greater than 110 mmol/L); (vii) neurological disorder that confines the patient to a wheelchair throughout pregnancy; (viii) maternal height of less than 148 cm; (ix) a body mass index greater than or equal to 40; (x) pre-existing diabetes mellitus on medication prior to pregnancy; (xi) thyrotoxicosis requiring medication; (xii) previous thrombosis or thromboembolism requiring anticoagulant therapy through pregnancy and the early puerperium; (xiii) thrombocytopenia with platelet count of less than 100,000 prior to 20 weeks gestation; (xiv) HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C carrier status positive; (xv) red cell or platelet iso-immunisation; (xvi) cancer with metastatic disease; (xvii) illicit drug misuse during pregnancy (Anaes.)

Fee: $1900.70 | Diff vs current: +$1886.70

Equivalent Items

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Version History

Mon May 11 2026 00:17:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time): fee $14.00 | Immunisation provided to a person by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner if: (a) the immunisation is provided on behalf of, and under the supervision of, a medical practitioner; and (b) the person is not an admitted patient of a hospital.

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