AN.7.24
Prescribed Medical Practitioner After-Hours Attendances To Which No Other Item Applies (Items 733 to 789 and 2917 to 2200)
Explanatory note · departmental guidance · reviewed 1 Nov 2023
Note AN.7.24
Last reviewed 1 November 2023
After-hours attendance items may be claimed as follows:
Items 733, 737, 741, 745 and 2197 apply only to a professional attendance on 1 patient on 1 occasion that is provided:
- on a public holiday;
- on a Sunday;
- before 8am, or after 1 pm on a Saturday;
- before 8am, or after 8pm on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
Items 761, 763, 766, 769, 772, 776, 788, 789, 2198 and 2200 apply to a professional attendance on 1 or more patients on 1 occasion that is provided:
- on a public holiday;
- on a Sunday;
- before 8am, or after 12 noon on a Saturday;
- before 8am, or after 6pm on any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.
Applies to 15 items in this tool
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…
As at 1 Aug 2026