Thoracic medicine items – minor updates

Minor changes to thoracic medicine items from 1 November 2021.

Page last updated: 27 October 2021

From 1 November 2021, three thoracic medicine Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items will be amended to clarify that medical practitioners with appropriate training are able to provide respiratory function tests. Items 11503, 11508 and 11512 will be updated to ensure specialists with an appropriate level of training can provide these services. Patients in rural and remote areas will have improved access to these services.

The allocation of a new MBS item number for bronchoscopy with dilation of tracheal stricture will enable the service to sit within MBS Subgroup 6 – Cardio-Thoracic. MBS item 41904 will be replaced with new MBS item 38428. This subgroup better reflects the type and nature of this service.

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