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Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993)Scale of FeesAnnual Increase in Medical Tariffs for Medical Service Providers, Pharmacies and Hospital Groups - 2012Part I : ConsultationsConsultations |
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General Practitioner |
Anaesthetic
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U/E |
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U/ER T/M |
The amounts in this section are calculated according to the Consultation Services unit values, except for items 0181, 0182, 0183, 0184, 0186 and 0151. |
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GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AND ALL SPECIALISTS
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NEW PATIENT (NB: Indicate time in minutes): |
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0181 |
Visit for a new problem / new patient with problem focused history, examination and management up 20 minutes |
16.5 |
276.21 |
15 |
251.10 |
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0182 |
Visit for a new problem/new patient with problem focused history, examination and management up 30 minutes |
31.5 |
527.31 |
30 |
502.20 |
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0183 |
Visit for a new problem/new patient with problem focused history, examination and management up 45 minutes |
36 |
602.64 |
33 |
552.42 |
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FOLLOW-UP VISIT |
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0184
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Follow-up visit for the evaluation and management of a patient.
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16.5 |
276.21 |
15 |
251.10 |
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FINAL VISIT |
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0186 |
Follow-up visit for the evaluation and management of a patient with a Final Medical Report (Rule G not applicable) |
31.5 |
527.31 |
30 |
502.20 |
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CONSULTATIONS: |
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0145 |
For consultation / visit away from the doctors home or rooms: ADD to items 0181 or 0186 as appropriate. Confirm where visit took place. Please note that item 0145 is not applicable for pre-anaesthetic assessments and may not be added to items 0151 |
+ 6 |
98.64 |
6 |
98.64 |
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0146 |
Emergency or unscheduled consultation/visit at the doctors home or rooms.ADD to items 082 and appropGeneral Rule B refers) |
+ 8 |
131.52 |
8 |
131.52 |
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0147 |
For after hours emergency or unscheduled consultation/ visit away from the doctors home or rooms.ADD to items 0181, 0182 and 0183 as appropriate (General Rule B refers) |
+ 14 |
230.16 |
14 |
230.16 |
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0109 |
Hospital follow-up visit to patient in ward or nursing facility - Refer to General Rule G(a) for post-operative care) (may only be charged once per day) (not to be used with items 0111.0146 or ICU items 1204-1214) |
15 |
246.60 |
15 |
246.60 |
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PRE-ANAESTHETIC ASSESSMENT |
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0151 |
Pre-anaesthetic assessment of patient(all hours). Problem focused history, clinical examination and decision making |
32 |
535.68 |
32 |
535.68 |
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AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH THERAPHY CONSULTATIONS |
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1011 |
Consultation 5 – 30 min |
22.5 |
160.88 |
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1012 |
Consultation 31 – 45 min |
37.5 |
268.13 |
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1013 |
Consultation 46 – 60 min |
52.5 |
375.38 |
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GENERAL |
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0136 |
Special medical examination requested by the Compensation Commissioner.
- Amount applicable from 2003/03/03 until 2005/01/27 (VAT inclusive)
- Amount applicable from 2005/01/28 until further notice (VAT inclusive) |
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1 100.00
1 860.00
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2918 |
Non-operative supervision of head/brain injuries, spinal injuries (including paraplegics) or burns for all disciplines, except urologists |
244 |
4,011.36 |
195.2 |
3,209.09 |
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2058 |
Urologist: Non-surgical supervision of head/brain injuries, spinal injuries (including paraplegics) or burns. All urodynamic studies excluded and charged for separately under items 1979, 1981, 1991 and 1992 of the Tariff.
Note: These codes are applicable to non-operational supervision of head/brain injuries, spinal injuries or burns for all disciplines if patient is in a hospital or step-down facility. This code must be claimed where the occurrence of code 0109 exceeds 20 within a period of 4 calendar months (General Rule G and N(c) refers) |
117 |
1 923.48 |
93.6 |
1 538.78 |
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