New Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item for surgical correction of congenital ear deformities

Page last updated: 03 March 2021

From 1 March 2021 a new item 45658 for surgical correction of congenital ear deformities if the deformity has been clinically diagnosed as a constricted ear, Stahl's ear, or a similar congenital deformity unrelated to prominent ear, will commence. New item 45658 is being introduced for patients of any age with specific congenital ear deformities and is in response to the clinical professional raising concerns with the changes to item 45659 (which was introduced on 1 November 2018) which restricted patient access to a small population of patients.

Further information about the changes to item 45658 is detailed in the below factsheet.


Factsheet item 45658 ( PDF (249 KB)

Factsheet item 45658 ( DOCX (90 KB)

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