Anaesthetic services assessing rules in Medicare 011-42060010
Expand allThis document outlines information for Service Officers relating to anaesthetic services administered during operative procedures. It also contains examples of invoices/receipts and statements relating to anaesthetic procedures.
Processing Relative Value Guide (RVG) items
This table contains the processing requirements for Group 10 - RVG items.
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Processing order + Read more ... Health professionals must process RVG claims with the services in the following order: 1. Basic Unit Value/s (where more than one appears on an invoice/receipt, they should all be listed above the time value unit – Medicare benefit will only be payable for one Basic Unit Value) 2. One Time Unit Value 3. Physical Status Modifier – where applicable 4. Age Modifier – where applicable 5. ‘In Hours’ Emergency Modifier – where applicable 6. Therapeutic/Diagnostic Service/s – where applicable 7. Emergency After Hours Modifier – where applicable The Training and Support page contains a link to infographic Relative Value Guide for anaesthesia order of services billing with the anaesthetic item numbers. |