Item 2489
Professional attendance by a general practitioner, at a residential aged care facility, lasting at least 20 minutes but less than 40 minutes, if:(a) the attendance is to provide clinical support to a patient to whom a specialist or consultant physician is providing a service, to which another item applies, by way of a video conferencing consultation; and(b) the patient is not an admitted patient; and(c) the patient is a care recipient in the residential aged care facility; and(d) the medical practitioner is located in the same room as the patient for the whole of the attendance
MBS Fee: $104.90
Practical Summary
Billing Options (Reference)
10931 (same category)
A flag fall service to which an item in Subgroup 1 of Group A10 applies (other than this item), if the service:(a) is provided: (i) during a home visit to a person; or (ii) in a residential aged care facility; or (iii) in an institution; and(b) is provided to one or more patients at a single location on a single occasion; and(c) is: (i) bulk billed for the fees for this item and another item applying to the service; or (ii) not bulk billed for the fees for this item and another item applying to the serviceApplicable once per occasion a service is provided under paragraph (a) for each distinct location
Fee: $44.80 | Diff vs current: $-60.10
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: $-47.90
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: $-7.15
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: +$57.70
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
16408 (same category)
Postnatal attendance (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) if the attendance: (a) is by: (i) a 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 applies is not provided Payable once only for a pregnancy
Fee: $62.30 | Diff vs current: $-42.60
165 (same category)
Professional attendance (other than an attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item in this Schedule applies) lasting more than 60 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion—each patient, by:(a) a medical practitioner who is not a general practitioner; or(b) a Group A1 disqualified general practitioner
Fee: No direct fee
181 (same category)
Professional attendance (other than an attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) lasting not more than 5 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion by a prescribed medical practitioner in an eligible area—each patient
Fee: No direct fee
187 (same category)
Professional attendance (other than an attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) lasting more than 5 minutes but not more than 25 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion by a prescribed medical practitioner in an eligible area—each patient
Fee: No direct fee
191 (same category)
Professional attendance (other than an attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) lasting more than 25 minutes but not more than 45 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion by a prescribed medical practitioner in an eligible area—each patient
Fee: No direct fee
206 (same category)
Professional attendance (other than an attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which any other item applies) lasting more than 45 minutes but not more than 60 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion by a prescribed medical practitioner in an eligible area—each patient
Fee: No direct fee
2198 (same category)
Professional attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms, a hospital or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in the table applies), lasting more than 60 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients on one occasion—each patient.
Fee: No direct fee
Equivalent Items
None
Version History
Mon May 11 2026 00:17:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time): fee $104.90 | Professional attendance by a general practitioner, at a residential aged care facility, lasting at least 20 minutes but less than 40 minutes, if:(a) the attendance is to provide clinical support to a patient to whom a specialist or consultant physician is providing a service, to which another item applies, by way of a video conferencing consultation; and(b) the patient is not an admitted patient; and(c) the patient is a care recipient in the residential aged care facility; and(d) the medical practitioner is located in the same room as the patient for the whole of the attendance