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B12

66599

Baker's cyst

Balloon catheter

  • intubation, gastro-oesophageal 13506
  • right heart, insertion of 13818
  • valvuloplasty or septostomy 38270

Barium

Bartholin's

Barton's fracture of radius

Basal cell carcinoma

Bat ear or similar deformity

BE

66825

Beta

BETH

65159

BFCY

73045

BHT

66674

BHYB

66500

Bicarbonate

66500

Bicornuate uterus

  • plastic reconstruction for 35680

Bile duct

BILI

66500

Biliary atresia

Biliary system

BILN

66749

Biopsy

Bird fancier's disease

see avian precipitins

Bladder

  • aspiration of, by needle 37041
  • biopsy of, with cystoscopy 36836
  • catheterisation of 36800
  • cystostomy or cystotomy 37008
  • diverticulum of, excision or obliteration 37020
  • ectopic, 'turning-in' operation 37842
  • enlargement of, using intestine 37047
  • excision of 37000,37014
  • exstrophy closure 37050
  • exstrophy of, repair of 37842
  • neck reconstruction, prostatectomy 37210,37211
  • neck resection, endoscopic 36854
  • repair of rupture 37004
  • stress incontinence, Stamey or similar 37043
  • stress incontinence, sling procedure 37042
  • stress incontinence, suprapubic procedure 37044
  • transection, with re-anastomosis to trigone 37053
  • tumour/s, diathermy/resection 36845, 36840
  • tumour/s, laser destruction with cystoscopy 36840
  • washout test of 11921

Blastomyces

69384

BLM

69384

Block, nerve, regional or field

see nerve

Blood

  • administration of 13703,13706
  • arterial, collection for pathology 13839,13842
  • collection of, for transfusion 13709
  • collection of, in infants, for pathology 13312
  • culture, BC 69357
  • dye - dilution indicator test 11715
  • faecal occult, FOB 66767
  • film, BF 65066
  • full examination, FBE 65070
  • gas, GAS 66566
  • peripheral, invitro processing, cryopreservation 13760
  • pressure monitoring, indwelling catheter 11600
  • pressure monitoring, indwelling catheter (ICU only) 13876
  • retrograde admin for cardioplegia 38588
  • sampling, fetal 16606
  • transfusion 13703,13706
  • transfusion, fetal 16609-16615
  • transfusion, paediatric/neonatal 13306,13309
  • viscosity, VISC 65060
  • volume estimation, nuclear 12500

BMEA

65087

BMET

65084)

BMIC

66629

BNP

66830

BOB

69384

Body fluids

Bone marrow examination

Bone

BOR

69384

Bordetella pertussis - microbial antibody testing

69384

Borrelia burgdorferi - microbial antibody testing

69384

Botulinum toxin, injection for

18350 - 18373

Boutonniere deformity, reconstruction of

46444, 46447

Bowel

Brachial plexus

  • exploration of 39333
  • vessel, ligation/exploration, other 34106

Brachycephaly, cranial vault reconstruction for

45785

Brachytherapy planning

15536

Brain stem

  • evoked response audiometry 11300
  • tumour, craniotomy for removal 39709

Branchial

Breast

  • abnormality detected by mammography 31506
  • benign lesion 31500,31503
  • biopsy, fine needle, imaging guided 31533
  • biopsy, solid tumour, vacuum-assisted, image guided 31530
  • central ducts, excision for benign condition 31557
  • core biopsy of solid tumour or tissue 31548
  • cyst, aspiration of *
  • exploration/drainage, operating theatre 31551
  • lesion, pre-op localisation, for ABBI 31542
  • lesion, pre-op localisation, imaging guided 31536
  • malignant tumour 31509,31512
  • mammaplasty 45524, 45527, 45528
  • manipulation tissue surrounding prosthesis *
  • mastectomy - see mastectomy
  • microdochotomy 31554
  • nipple, accessory, excision of 31566
  • prosthesis operations 45548-45554
  • pstosis, correction of (unilateral) 45556,45557
  • ptosis, correction of (bilateral) 45558
  • reconstruction 45530-45542
  • silicone prosthesis, removal of 45555
  • tissue, accessory, excision of 31560
  • tubuerous, tubular or constricted, correction of 45559
  • tumour site, re-excision 31515
  • x-ray, excised tissue 59318
  • x-ray, restriction applies 59303
  • x-ray, with surgical procedure 59312

Breath hydrogen test

66674

BRMD

66812

Broad ligament cyst/tumour

Brodie's abscess

Bromide

66812

Bronchial tree

  • intrathoracic operation on, other 38456

Bronchography

59715

Bronchoscopy

  • as an independent procedure 41889
  • with biopsy or other procedure 41892
  • with dilatation of tracheal stricture 41904
  • with transbronchial lung biopsy 41898

Bronchospirometry

11500

Bronchus

Broviac catheter

Brucella

69384

BRU

69384

Bubonocele operation

30612, 30614

Bulk-billing

10990, 10991, 10992, 64990, 64991, 74990, 74991

Bulk-billing Pathology Episode Incentive Items

74992-74999

Bunion

Burch colposuspension

37044

Burns

Burr-hole

  • craniotomy, intracranial haemorrhage 39600
  • placement of intracranial electrodes 40709
  • single, preparatory to ventricular puncture 39012

Bursa

Burst abdomen

Bypass

  • extracranial to intracranial 39818
  • graft, infected, of extremities, excision of 34175
  • graft, infected, of neck, excision of 34157
  • graft, infected, of trunk, excision of 34169
  • grafting for aneurysm 33050,33055
  • grafting, arterial, for occlusive arterial disease 32700-32763
  • grafting, cross leg, saphenous to iliac or femoral vein 34806

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