Summary of Item Changes

Description Amended
63454 63460

Notes Amended
AN.0.70 AN.3.1 TN.8.22 IN.0.15 PN.2.2


Items 63454 and 63460
This change will enable the prerequisite tertiary ultrasound to be conducted in a public hospital or by a private provider. Currently, these items require that an MBS rebateable tertiary ultrasound be claimed before accessing this service (63454 and 63460 - Obstetric MRI) and this has affected patient access.

Descriptor of Item 63454 from 1 August 2019
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING scan of the pelvis or abdomen, where:

(a) the patient is referred by a specialist obstetrician; and
(b) the patient is pregnant at 18 weeks gestation or greater; and
(c) a fetal central nervous system (CNS) abnormality is suspected; and
(d) an ultrasound provided by, or on behalf of, or at the request of, a specialist who is practising in the specialty of obstetrics, has been performed and diagnosis is indeterminate or requires further examination.

(R) (K) (Contrast) (Anaes.)

Descriptor of Item 63460 from 1 August 2019
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING scan of the pelvis or abdomen, where:

(a) the patient is referred by a specialist obstetrician; and
(b) the patient is pregnant at 18 weeks gestation or greater; and
(c) a fetal central nervous system (CNS) abnormality is suspected; and
(d) an ultrasound provided by, or on behalf of, or at the request of, a specialist who is practising in the specialty of obstetrics, has been performed and diagnosis is indeterminate or requires further examination.

(R) (NK) (Contrast) (Anaes.)

Correcting Explanatory Note TN.8.22
TN.8.22 incorrectly referred to T8.13 for the treatment of warts and seborrheic keratoses. This Note now correctly refers to TN.8.93.