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30038

Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane… — large (MORE THAN 7 CM LONG), superficial (item 30038)

Therapeutic procedures · Group T8 — Surgical operations

Schedule fee
$107.75
BenefitAmountGap to fee
85%$91.60$16.15
75%$80.85$26.90

Benefit amounts as published in the schedule, not recalculated.

Fee current from 1 Jul 2026.

Descriptor · law
SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE, REPAIR OF WOUND OF, other than wound closure at time of surgery, not on face or neck, large (MORE THAN 7 CM LONG), superficial, not being a service to which another item in Group T4 applies (Anaes.)
Markers in this descriptor · Computed by this tool from the schedule

(Anaes.) — anaesthesia may be claimed separately in association with this item.

Descriptor current from 1 Jul 1998.

Claiming with other items

Excludes any other applicable item
The descriptor carries the blanket qualification “other than a service to which another item in the table applies”. If a more specific item fits what you did, that item applies instead of this one.

Explanatory notes · departmental guidance · 1

TN.8.6 Repair of Wound - (Items 30023 to 30049)
Note TN.8.6

The repair of wound referred to in these items must be undertaken by suture, tissue adhesive resin (such as methyl methacrylate) or clips. These items do not cover repair of wound at time of surgery.

Item 30023 covers debridement of traumatic, "deep or extensively contaminated" wound. Benefits are not payable under this item for debridement which would be expected to be encountered as part of an operative approach to the treatment of fractures.

For the purpose of items 30026 to 30049 the term 'superficial' means affecting skin and subcutaneous tissue including fat and the term 'deeper tissue' means all tissues deep to but not including subcutaneous tissue such as fascia and muscle.

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More in Group T8 — Surgical operations

30003Burns, involving 1% or more but less than 3% of total body surface… — medical practitioner30006Burns, involving 3% or more but less than 10% of total body surface… — medical practitioner30026Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane, repair of… — small (NOT MORE THAN 7 CM LONG) (item 30026)30029Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane… — small (NOT MORE THAN 7 CM LONG), involving (item 30029)30032Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane, repair of… — small (NOT MORE THAN 7 CM LONG) (item 30032)30035Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane… — small (NOT MORE THAN 7 CM LONG), involving (item 30035)30042Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane… — large (MORE THAN 7 CM LONG), involving (item 30042)30045Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane… — large (MORE THAN 7 CM LONG), superficial (item 30045)30049Skin and subcutaneous tissue or mucous membrane… — large (MORE THAN 7 CM LONG), involving (item 30049)30055Wounds, dressing of, under general, regional or intravenous sedation30061Superficial foreign body, removal of30062Etonogestrel subcutaneous implant, removal of30064Subcutaneous foreign body, removal of, requiring incision and exploration30071Diagnostic biopsy of skin, as an independent procedure30072Diagnostic biopsy of mucous membrane, as an independent procedure30099Sinus, excision of, involving superficial tissue only (item 30099)30187Palmar or plantar warts, removal of, by carbon dioxide laser or erbium…30189Warts or molluscum contagiosum30191Angiofibromas, trichoepithelioma, epidermal naevi, xanthelasma, pyogenic…30192Premalignant skin lesions30196Malignant neoplasm of skin or mucous membrane that has been30202Malignant neoplasm of skin or mucous membrane proven by histopathology or…30207Skin lesions, multiple injections with glucocorticoid preparations30216Haematoma, aspiration of (item 30216)
All 95 items in this group
Item number30038
Category3 — Therapeutic procedures
GroupT8 — Surgical operations
Subheading—
Item typeS (schedule code)
Fee typeN (normal)
In schedule since1 Dec 1991
Fee current from1 Jul 2026
GP scopeIn scope
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As at 1 Aug 2026 · Shows what the schedule publishes. Not billing advice. · page built 15 Sep 2026