Item 16407
Postnatal professional attendance (other than a service to which any other item applies) if the attendance: (a) is by an obstetrician or general practitioner; and (b) is in hospital or at consulting rooms; and (c) is between 4 and 8 weeks after the birth; and (d) lasts at least 20 minutes; and (e) includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and (f) is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82140 applies is not provided Payable once only for a pregnancy
MBS Fee: $83.65
Practical Summary
Billing Options (Reference)
10956 (same category)
Mental health service provided to a patient by an eligible mental health worker 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: $-11.00
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: $-55.70
110 (same category)
Professional attendance at consulting rooms or hospital, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-initial attendance in a single course of treatment
Fee: $178.70 | Diff vs current: +$95.05
116 (same category)
Professional attendance at consulting rooms or hospital, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-each attendance (other than a service to which item 119 applies) after the first in a single course of treatment
Fee: $89.40 | Diff vs current: +$5.75
117 (same category)
Professional attendance at consulting rooms or in hospital, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-an attendance after the first attendance in a single course of treatment, if: (a) the attendance is not a minor attendance; and (b) during the attendance, the consultant physician determines the need to perform an operation on the patient that had not otherwise been scheduled; and (c) the consultant physician subsequently performs the operation on the patient, on the same day; and (d) the operation is a service to which an item in Group T8 applies; and (e) the amount specified in the item in Group T8 as the fee for a service to which that item applies is $349.95 or more For any particular patient, once only on the same day
Fee: $89.40 | Diff vs current: +$5.75
119 (same category)
Professional attendance at consulting rooms or hospital, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-each minor attendance after the first in a single course of treatment
Fee: $50.95 | Diff vs current: $-32.70
120 (same category)
Professional attendance at consulting rooms or in hospital by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician’s specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner—minor attendance, if: (a) during the attendance, the consultant physician determines the need to perform an operation on the patient that had not otherwise been scheduled; and (b) the consultant physician subsequently performs the operation on the patient, on the same day; and (c) the operation is a service to which an item in Group T8 applies; and (d) the amount specified in the item in Group T8 as the fee for a service to which that item applies is $349.95 or more For any particular patient, once only on the same day
Fee: $50.95 | Diff vs current: $-32.70
122 (same category)
Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms or hospital, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-initial attendance in a single course of treatment
Fee: $216.75 | Diff vs current: +$133.10
123 (same category)
Professional attendance by a general practitioner at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting at least 60 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:(a) taking an extensive patient history;(b) performing a clinical examination;(c) arranging any necessary investigation;(d) implementing a management plan;(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;for one or more health related issues, with appropriate documentation
Fee: $202.65 | Diff vs current: +$119.00
124 (same category)
Professional attendance by a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting at least 60 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:(a) taking an extensive patient history;(b) performing a clinical examination;(c) arranging any necessary investigation;(d) implementing a management plan;(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;for one or more health related issues, with appropriate documentation—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion—each patient
Fee: No direct fee
128 (same category)
Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms or hospital, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-each attendance (other than a service to which item 131 applies) after the first in a single course of treatment
Fee: $131.10 | Diff vs current: +$47.45
131 (same category)
Professional attendance at a place other than consulting rooms or hospital, by a consultant physician in the practice of the consultant physician's specialty (other than psychiatry) following referral of the patient to the consultant physician by a referring practitioner-each minor attendance after the first in a single course of treatment
Fee: $94.45 | Diff vs current: +$10.80
Equivalent Items
None
Version History
Mon May 11 2026 00:17:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time): fee $83.65 | Postnatal professional attendance (other than a service to which any other item applies) if the attendance: (a) is by an obstetrician or general practitioner; and (b) is in hospital or at consulting rooms; and (c) is between 4 and 8 weeks after the birth; and (d) lasts at least 20 minutes; and (e) includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and (f) is for a pregnancy in relation to which a service to which item 82140 applies is not provided Payable once only for a pregnancy