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AN.7.2

GENERAL ATTENDANCE ITEMS – MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND PRESCRIBED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

Explanatory note · departmental guidance · published 1 Mar 2025

Note AN.7.2

GENERAL ATTENDANCE ITEMS – MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS1 (MPs) AND PRESCRIBED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS2 (PMPs)

Publication date: 1 March 2025

  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 (MP)1  52  53  54  57  151
In consulting rooms (PMP)2 MM2-73  179  185  189  203  301
Out of consulting rooms (MP)  58  59  60  65  165
Out of consulting rooms (PMP) MM2-7  181  187  191  206  303
RACF (MP)  90092  90093  90095  90096  90098
RACF (PMP) MM2-7  90183  90188  90202  90212  90215
After-hours     
In consulting rooms (MP)  5200  5203  5207  5208  5209
In consulting rooms (PMP)   733  737  741  745  2197
Out of consulting rooms (MP)   5220  5223  5227  5228  5261
Out of consulting rooms (PMP)   761  763  766  769  2198
RACF (MP)  5260  5263  5265  5267  5262
RACF (PMP)  772  776  788  789  2200
Telehealth (Video and Phone)
Video (MP)   91792  91803  91804  91805  91923
Video (PMP) MM 2-7   91794  91806  91807  91808  91926
Phone (MP)   91892   91893   919034  919134  NA 
Phone (PMP) MM2-7   919064  919164

1MP items can be claimed by all MPs who are not general practitioners.
2PMP items can be claimed by medical practitioners that are not general practitioners, specialists or consultant physicians.
3MM means “Modified Monash”. The Modified Monash Model is how the department defines whether a location is metropolitan, rural, remote or very remote. The model measures remoteness and population size on a scale of Modified Monash (MM) categories MM 1 to MM 7. MM 1 is a major city and MM 7 is very remote.
4Available to patients enrolled in MyMedicare only.

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52Attendance at consulting rooms of not more than 5 minutes in duration, in… — any other item…53Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 5 minutes in duration but not… — each attendance…54Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 25 minutes in duration but… — each attendance, by…57Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 45 minutes, but not more…58Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies, out of… — not more than 5…59Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies, out of… — by: (a) a medical…60Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies, out of… — by: (a) a medical…65Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies, out of… — this Schedule applies)…151Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 60 minutes, in rooms165Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies, out of… — this Schedule applies)…179Attendance at consulting rooms lasting not more than 5 minutes…181Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting not more than 5…185Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 5 minutes but not more…187Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 5 minutes…189Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 25 minutes but not more…191Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 25 minutes…203Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 45 minutes but not more…206Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 45 minutes…301Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 60 minutes, prescribed…303Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 60…733Attendance at consulting rooms of not more than 5 minutes in duration…737Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 5 minutes in duration but not…741Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 25 minutes in duration but…745Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 45 minutes in duration but…761Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting not more than 5…763Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 5 minutes…766Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 25 minutes…769Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 45 minutes…772Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — at a residential aged care…776Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — at a residential aged care…788Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — at a residential aged care…789Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — at a residential aged care…2197Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 60 minutes in duration…2198Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — lasting more than 60…2200Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items, prescribed… — at a residential aged care…5200Attendance at consulting rooms of not more than 5 minutes in duration, in… — another item…5203Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 5 minutes in duration but not…5207Attendance at consulting rooms of more than 25 minutes in duration but…5208Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 45 minutes, but not more…5209Attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 60 minutes, in rooms…5220Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item… — lasting not more than 5…5223Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item… — lasting more than 5…5227Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item… — lasting more than 25…5228Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item… — lasting more than 45…5260Consultation at a residential aged care facility, in rooms, after hours — complex if the…5261Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item… — lasting more than 60…5262Other non-referred after-hours attendances to which no other item… — at a residential aged care…5263Consultation at a residential aged care facility, in rooms, after hours — complex if the…5265Consultation at a residential aged care facility, in rooms, after hours — complex if the…5267Consultation at a residential aged care facility, in rooms, after hours — complex, if the…90092Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, in rooms — any other item applies)…90093Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, in rooms — any other item applies)…90095Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, in rooms — any other item applies)…90096Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, in rooms — any other item applies)…90098Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, in rooms — another item applies) at…90183Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, prescribed… — self contained unit)…90188Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, prescribed… — self contained unit)…90202Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, prescribed… — self contained unit)…90212Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, prescribed… — self-contained unit)…90215Services for patients in residential aged care facilities, prescribed… — self-contained unit)…
and 16 more
As at 1 Aug 2026