MBS Companion
Type an item number, or plain language such as long consult or skin excision. Results appear as you type. Press Enter to copy the top item number.

Back to MBS Companion
92738

Phone attendance for the provision of services related to blood borne… — medical practitioner

Professional attendances · Group A40 — Telehealth attendance services

Schedule fee
$38.00
BenefitAmountGap to fee
100%$38.00

Benefit amounts as published in the schedule, not recalculated.

Fee current from 1 Mar 2022.

Conditions in the descriptor
20–40 minTelephone

Time requirement as written: “more than 20 minutes in duration but not more than 40 minutes”

Descriptor · the legislated text
Phone attendance for the provision of services related to blood borne viruses, sexual or reproductive health by a medical practitioner (not including a general practitioner, specialist or consultant physician) of more than 20 minutes in duration but not more than 40 minutes if the attendance includes any of the following that are clinically relevant: (a) taking a detailed patient history; (b) arranging any necessary investigation; (c) implementing a management plan; (d) providing appropriate preventive health care Note: Consultations related to assisted reproductive technology and antenatal care are outside the scope of these items and cannot be rendered under these items.
Descriptor current from 8 Oct 2021.
Explanatory notes · departmental guidance · 1
AN.40.5 MBS Items for Blood Borne Virus, Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Note AN.40.5

The video and phone items for the provision of services related to blood borne viruses, sexual or reproductive health provides for Medicare benefits to be paid for these health care services without the requirement for the patient to have a… Read the full note

Shown as an excerpt: this note also governs 23 other items in this tool, so it has its own page rather than repeating in full on each one.

View on MBS Online

Item number92738
Category1 — Professional attendances
GroupA40 — Telehealth attendance services
Subheading
Item typeS
Fee typeN
In schedule since1 Jul 2021
Fee current from1 Mar 2022
GP scopeYes · tier 2
Official page As at 1 Aug 2026