91861
Video attendance by a general practitioner
Professional attendances · Group A40 — Telehealth attendance services
Schedule fee
$158.90
| Benefit | Amount | Gap to fee |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | $158.90 | — |
Benefit amounts as published in the schedule, not recalculated.
Fee current from 1 Jul 2026.
Conditions in the descriptor
40+ minVideo conference
Time requirement as written: “at least 40 minutes”
Descriptor · the legislated text
Video attendance by a general practitioner (not including a specialist or a consultant physician), registered with the Chief Executive Medicare as meeting the credentialling requirements for provision of this service: (a) for providing focussed psychological strategies for assessed mental disorders to a person other than the patient, if the service is part of the patient’s treatment; and (b) lasting at least 40 minutes
Descriptor current from 1 Mar 2025.
Rarely claimed
3 times nationally in 2025-26, across all providers. If you have arrived here from a search, it is worth re-reading the descriptor to check this is the item you mean.
Services Australia, Medicare Item Reports. Counts services processed in the period, summed over all states. Shown only where the count is low enough to be worth a second look.
| Item number | 91861 |
|---|---|
| Category | 1 — Professional attendances |
| Group | A40 — Telehealth attendance services |
| Subheading | — |
| Item type | D |
| Fee type | N |
| In schedule since | 1 Mar 2023 |
| Fee current from | 1 Jul 2026 |
| GP scope | Yes · tier 3 |
Official page
As at 1 Aug 2026