MBS Items for Blood Borne Virus, Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Explanatory note · departmental guidance
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 an established clinical relationship with the physician. This does not exclude practitioners who have an established clinical relationship with the patient from using these items.
These items are intended to support patient access to medical services where there may be barriers due to privacy or limited service provision, and are not intended to replace routine services that a patient’s usual practitioner might provide.
The practitioner must keep adequate and contemporary notes to support the service provided.
There are 24 MBS items for the provision of video or phone services related to blood borne viruses, sexual or reproductive health.
Video consultation
Item 92715 – services provided by a General Practitioner (level A)
Item 92716 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner - urban
Item 92717 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – rural
Item 92718 – services provided by a General Practitioner (level B)
Item 92719 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner - urban
Item 92720 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – rural
Item 92721 – services provided by a General Practitioner (level C)
Item 92722 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner - urban
Item 92723 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – rural
Item 92724 – services provided by a General Practitioner (level D)
Item 92725 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – urban
Item 92726 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – rural
Phone consultation
Item 92731 – services provided by a General Practitioner (level A)
Item 92732 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner - urban
Item 92733 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – rural
Item 92734 – services provided by a General Practitioner (level B)
Item 92735 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner - urban
Item 92736 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – rural
Item 92737 – services provided by a General Practitioner (level C)
Item 92738 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner - urban
Item 92739 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – rural
Item 92740– services provided by a General Practitioner (level D)
Item 92741– services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner – urban
Item 92742 – services provided by an Other Medical Practitioner - rural
To be eligible for use of this item, practitioners must be located at a medical practice or have a formal agreement with a medical practice that provides onsite face to face services to patients.
Consultations related to assisted reproductive technology and antenatal care are outside the scope of these items and cannot be rendered under these items.