Pain Management Services Changes

This page provides information on the 1 March 2022 changes to Pain Management Services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

Page last updated: 14 February 2022

Effective 1 March 2022, changes were made to a number of the MBS items for pain management services to align with contemporary best practice. The changes are a result of the MBS Review Taskforce recommendations for pain management and extensive consultation with stakeholders.

These changes will improve safety and health outcomes by ensuring patients receive services that align with current best practice guidelines and discourage unnecessary or out-of-date treatments.

Changes were made to nerve block, spinal injection and implanted device procedure MBS services – comprising 7 new items, 42 amended items and 3 deleted items.

Some further regulatory changes have been made to the percutaneous neurotomy items 39110, 39111, 39116, 39117, 39118 and 39119. The changes took effect on 11 April 2022.

Additional information and updated factsheets on all of the changes are provided below.


Factsheets

Fact Sheet
PDF and Word versions
Factsheet Nerve Block Spinal Injection Changes
(Last updated: 12 April 2022)
PDF version Factsheet - Changes to nerve block and spinal injection MBS items - 1 March 2022 (PDF 343 KB)
Word version Factsheet – Changes to nerve block and spinal injection MBS items - 1 March 2022 (Word 108 KB)
Factsheet Implanted Device Procedure Changes
(Last updated: 12 April 2022)
PDF version Factsheet - Changes to implanted device procedure MBS items - 1 March 2022 (PDF 285 KB)
Word version Factsheet - Changes to implanted device procedure MBS items - 1 March 2022 (Word 99 KB)
Additional information and responses to questions
(Last updated: 12 April 2022)
PDF version Factsheet - Additional information and responses to questions (PDF 234 KB)
Word version Factsheet - Additional information and responses to questions (Word 93 KB)
Item Map Pain Management Changes
(Last updated: 12 April 2022)
PDF version Item Map - Changes to Pain Management (PDF 310 KB)
Word version Item Map - Changes to Pain Management (Word 61 KB)

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