Billing Multiple Items
Billing Multiple Items
There are a couple of basic rules:
1.
Letters and Numbers DON'T mix (i.e. you can't bill a private code, such as a worker's compensation item or vaccination with an MBS item)
2.
GPMP
and
TCAs
(721/723/732) can NOT be billed with a consult item (i.e. 3, 23, 36, 44), but CAN be billed with another type of care plan (i.e. 2715/2717, etc.)
3. Mental Health Care Plans (2715/2717 or
2700)
CAN
be billed with other items, as long as they are labelled
NOT RELATED.
4.
Surgical Items diminish in value after each item, e.g., if three biopsies are done (30071), their value decreases by half each time; i.e. biopsy 1 would be $44.40, 2, would be $22.20, 3 would be $11.10.
5. You can privately bill a
consult
with a
bulk-billed MHCP item, as long as the note
NOT RELATED appears in the note text when bulk billing the MHCP item.