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90098

Aged care attendance, 60+ min, non-GP medical practitioner

Professional attendances · Group A35 — Services for patients in residential aged care facilities

Schedule fee
$88.20
BenefitAmountGap to fee
100%$88.20—

Benefit amounts as published in the schedule, not recalculated.

Fee current from 1 Nov 2023.

Conditions in the descriptor

60+ minConsulting roomsAged care facility

Time requirement as written: “more than 60 minutes”

Descriptor · law
Professional attendance (other than a service to which another item applies) at a residential aged care facility (other than a professional attendance at a self-contained unit) or professional attendance at consulting rooms within such a complex, if the patient is a care recipient in the facility who is not a resident of a self-contained unit, lasting more than 60 minutes—an attendance on one or more patients at one residential aged care facility on one occasion by a medical practitioner who is not a general practitioner—each patient (subject to subclause 2.30.1(2))
Descriptor current from 1 Nov 2023.

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 · 10

AN.0.9 Using time-tiered professional (general) attendance items
Note AN.0.9

This note sets out the key common principles that apply when using the time-tiered professional attendance (also referred to as general attendance, time-tiered attendance, and Level A-E attendance) MBS items for general practitioners (GPs),…

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AN.7.1 Prescribed Medical Practitioners · reviewed 1 Nov 2023
Note AN.7.1

A prescribed medical practitioner is a medical practitioner: (a) who is not a general practitioner (see GN.4.13), specialist or consultant physician, and (b) who: a. is registered under section 3GA of the Act and is practising during the pe…

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AN.7.2 GENERAL ATTENDANCE ITEMS – MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND PRESCRIBED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
Note AN.7.2

GENERAL ATTENDANCE ITEMS – MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS1 (MPs) AND PRESCRIBED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS2 (PMPs) Level A Straightforward Level B 5-25 minutes Level C 25+ minutes Level D 45+ minutes Level E 60+ minutes Business hours In consulting rooms…

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AN.35.2 Flag fall amount for residential aged care facility attendance by a medical practitioner or prescribed medical practitioner · reviewed 1 Nov 2023
Note AN.35.2

Medicare item 90002 provides a flag fall fee for the initial attendance by a medical practitioner or prescribed medical practitioner at one RACF, on one occasion, applicable only to the first patient seen on the RACF visit. The Medicare ben…

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MN.1.3 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 1
Note MN.1.3

General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 1 (Metropolitan Area)2 Applicable BBI Item 10990 75870 75880 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36, 44, 123 Standar…

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MN.1.4 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 2
Note MN.1.4

General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives for eligible patients2 – Modified Monash 2 (Regional Centre)3 Applicable BBI Item 10991 75871 75881 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23…

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MN.1.5 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 3 and 4
Note MN.1.5

General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 3 and 4 (Medium and Large Rural Towns)2 Applicable BBI Item 75855 75873 75882 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36…

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MN.1.6 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 5
Note MN.1.6

General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 5 (Small Rural Towns)2 Applicable BBI Item 75856 75874 75883 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36, 44, 123 Standar…

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MN.1.7 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 6
Note MN.1.7

General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 6 (Remote Communities)2 Applicable BBI Item 75857 75875 75884 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36, 44, 123 Standa…

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MN.1.8 Bulk Billing Incentives in Modified Monash Area 7
Note MN.1.8

General Practitioners1 Bulk billing incentives – Modified Monash 7 (Very Remote Communities)2 Applicable BBI Item 75858 75876 75885 (MyMedicare registered patients only) Standard hours consultations - in consulting rooms 3 23, 36, 44, 123 S…

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More in Group A35 — Services for patients in residential aged care facilities

90001For the first patient attended during one attendance by a general…90002For the first patient attended during one attendance by a medical…90020Level A consultation, aged care90035Level B consultation, aged care90043Level C consultation, aged care90051Level D consultation, aged care90054Level E consultation, aged care90092Aged care attendance, up to 5 min, non-GP medical practitioner90093Aged care attendance, 5–25 min, non-GP medical practitioner90095Aged care attendance, 25–45 min, non-GP medical practitioner90096Aged care attendance, 45–60 min, non-GP medical practitioner90183Aged care attendance, up to 5 min, prescribed medical practitioner90188Aged care attendance, 5–25 min, prescribed medical practitioner90202Aged care attendance, 25–45 min, prescribed medical practitioner90212Aged care attendance, 45–60 min, prescribed medical practitioner90215Aged care attendance, 60+ min, prescribed medical practitioner
All 17 items in this group
Item number90098
Category1 — Professional attendances
GroupA35 — Services for patients in residential aged care facilities
Subheading—
Item typeS (schedule code)
Fee typeN (normal)
In schedule since1 Nov 2023
Fee current from1 Nov 2023
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