- Current Factsheets
This is a reference page which contains links to current factsheets pages.
- Changes to MBS items for orthopaedic surgery services
Changes to MBS items for orthopaedic surgery services
- 1 January 2025 pathology MBS changes
This page provides information on the 1 January 2025 changes to MBS pathology items.
- 1 July 2023 pathology MBS changes
This page provides information on the 1 July 2023 changes to MBS pathology items.
- 1 July 2024 pathology MBS changes
This page provides information on the 1 July 2024 changes to MBS pathology items.
- 1 July 2025 MBS Pathology Changes
This page provides information on the 1 July 2025 changes to MBS pathology items.
- 1 March 2021 fee increase for item 30630
- 1 March 2025 Pathology Changes - Amendment of MBS items 73296 and 73297 for BRCA-related breast, ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer due to family history
This page provides information on the 1 March 2025 changes to MBS pathology items 73296 and 73297
- 1 November 2023 pathology MBS changes
This page provides information on the 1 November 2023 changes to MBS pathology items.
- 1 November 2024 pathology MBS changes
This page provides information on the 1 November 2024 changes to MBS pathology items.
- 1 November 2025 MBS pathology changes
This page provides information on the 1 November 2025 changes to MBS pathology items.
- 17p chromosomal deletion testing for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma – MBS item 73343
This page provides information about amendments to existing pathology MBS item 73343.
- Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging for rare genetic conditions associated with risk of renal tumours – new items for 1 July 2024
This page provides information about two new abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services which will be listed on the Medicare Benefits Schedule from 1 July 2024 for rare genetic conditions associated with risk of renal tumours.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Practitioner Services – Changes to Terminology
This page provides information on the 1 November 2025 changes to terminology for services provided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners in MBS items.
- Accreditation for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
- Acupuncture Services MBS item changes
This page provides information about the 1 November 2022 changes to the structure of MBS acupuncture items
- Allied Health Case Conferencing
New MBS Item numbers for Allied Health Case Conferencing
- Allied health services for complex neurodevelopmental disorders and eligible disabilities – Addition of accredited dietitians and exercise physiologists
This page provides information on changes to MBS allied health treatment and assessment services for complex neurodevelopmental disorders and eligible disabilities from 1 July 2025.
- Alternative positron emission tomography (PET) item for use during gallium-67 supply disruptions
A new PET item will be introduced to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) for use during gallium-67 (Ga-67) supply disruptions from 1 August 2022.
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for diagnosis of hypertension
This page provides information on the listing of a new item for Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to diagnose hypertension
- Amended MBS mental health and wellbeing telehealth items
- Amendment to existing skin excision and skin flap items
This page provides information on amendments to existing MBS items for skin excision and skin flap procedures.
- Amendment to MBS item 51071 for spinal surgery
This page provides information on 1 January 2022 changes to MBS item 51071.
- Anaesthesia Age Modifier Items
- Appropriate Billing of MBS Item 13950
The appropriate billing of chemotherapy MBS item 13950 – parenteral administration of antineoplastic agents.
- Assessment for a COVID-19 oral anti-viral medication
Temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth phone consultation item to assist practitioners treating COVID-19 positive patients
- Autologous Fat Grafting
New MBS items for autologous fat grafting
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): introduction of two new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items and removal of four outdated MBS items
This page provides information on two new items and removal of four obsolete items for treatment of BPH.
- Better Access changes from 1 November 2025
This page provides guidance on the changes to the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (Better Access) initiative from 1 November 2025, subject to the passage of legislation.
- Blocking Claiming of MBS Items for Subsequent Attendances with Any Item in Group T8 (Surgical Operations) That Has an MBS Fee of $300 or More
Effective 1 November 2017
- Blood Product Services
Fact sheets and FAQ's for Blood Product Services
- Bulk Billing in General Practice from 1 November 2023
This page provides information on the 1 November 2023 changes to Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) bulk billing incentive payments in general practice.
- Bulk Billing Incentives – Changes to Eligibility
This page provides information on the 1 November 2025 changes to Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) bulk billing incentive payments for general practice.
- Capital Sensitivity exemption changes to diagnostic imaging services
This page provides information about changes to capital sensitivity provisions for diagnostic imaging services from 1 July 2024.
- Capital sensitivity exemption changes to diagnostic imaging services
This factsheet provides information about changes to capital sensitivity provisions for diagnostic imaging services from 17 September 2022
- Cardiac implantable loop recorder (ILR) devices - new MBS items for remote monitoring
This page provides information on two new MBS items, items 11736 and 11737 for remote monitoring of cardiac ILR devices
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for myocarditis associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination - item continuation
This page provides an update on temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item 63399.
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for myocarditis associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination - item continuation
This page provides an update on temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item 63399.
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for myocarditis associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination
A new MBS item to assist in diagnosing myocarditis associated with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for myocarditis from 1 January 2025
This page provides information about changes to the MBS items which are available for cardiac MRI services for myocarditis.
- Cardiac Services T8 Item amendments
This page provides information on the 1 January 2022 changes to MBS Cardiac Services T8 Items
- Cardiac Stress Echocardiography and Stress Myocardial Perfusion Studies (MPS) - Claiming Information Guide
The information guide relates to the claiming of repeat Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) services for stress echocardiography (item 55143) and stress MPS (Items 61349 and 61410).
- Cardiothoracic surgery MBS item changes
This page provides information on amendments to eight MBS items for cardiothoracic surgery
- Cardiothoracic surgery – Amended item for complex replacement or repair of aortic arch
This page provides information on changes to one Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) cardiothoracic surgery item 38557 from 1 March 2024.
- Category 7 – Cleft and Craniofacial Services changes for 1 July 2025
This page provides information on access to Medicare benefits for two new radiography items added to Category 7 of the Medicare Benefits Schedule from 1 July 2025.
- Cessation of Approved Collection Centre pathology measures
Government decided to bring forward the end date of two temporary pathology viability measures.
- Cessation of COVID-19 vaccine support items from 1 July 2025
This page provides advice on the cessation of COVID-19 vaccine support items and the movement of these services to a business as usual approach.
- Cessation of the temporary Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for nuclear medicine factsheet
- Change to Botulinum Toxin Injection Item 18365 Factsheet
- Change to MBS medical perfusion (item 22060) factsheet
1 March 2021 Changes to MBS item 22060
- Change to the MBS fee for capsule endoscopy
- Changes for diagnostic imaging services factsheet
This page contains factsheets about the 1 May 2020 changes will be made to the MBS items and rules for diagnostic imaging.
- Changes to Anaesthesia MBS items
- Changes to Billing Arrangements for Multiple Sleep Latency Resting (MSLT) and Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing (MWT)
- Changes to Category 7 – Cleft and Craniofacial Services
This page provides information on changes to Category 7 – Cleft and Craniofacial Services.
- Changes to Colonoscopy Services - CHANGE TO 1 MARCH 2018 START DATE
- Changes to Colonoscopy services
- Changes to Dermatology and Allergy items
- Changes to Diagnostic Services for Respiratory Function Tests
- Changes to Diagnostic Services for Sleep Disorders
- Changes to emergency medicine services
- Changes to Endocrinology items
A factsheet for the 1 November 2018 changes to endocrinology items.
- Changes to in and out of hospital benefit for plastic and reconstructive surgery services
This page provides information on the changes to ensure 14 plastic and reconstructive surgery items are only available as in-hospital services from 1 March 2024
- Changes to MBS - 26 February 2021
Information on the MBS COVID-19 Vaccine suitability Assessment Service
- Changes to MBS anaesthesia items
This page provides information on the 1 March 2022 changes to MBS for anaesthesia items.
- Changes to MBS benefit for eyelid reconstruction item 45614 from 1 November 2024
This page provides information on 1 November 2024 changes to one item for plastic and reconstructive surgery.
- Changes to MBS colonoscopy items factsheet
Update of colonoscopy descriptors on the MBS
- Changes to MBS heart health assessment items 699 and 177
1 July 2021 Changes to MBS item numbers 699 and 177
- Changes to MBS heart health assessment items factsheet
- Changes to MBS item 72814 for Programmed Cell Death Ligand (PD-L1) testing from 1 September 2023
This page provides information on the 1 September 2023 change to MBS pathology item 72814 for Programmed Cell Dealth Ligand (PD-L1) testing.
- Changes to MBS items 15900 and 31516 factsheet
1 March changes to MBS items 15900 and 31516
- Changes to MBS items 30196 and 30202
- Changes to MBS items 37207 and 37208 factsheet
- Changes to MBS items for breast biopsy services factsheet
- Changes to MBS Items for colonoscopy services factsheet
- Changes to MBS items for intensive care services
- Changes to MBS Items for Spinal Surgery Services - Frequently Asked Questions
- Changes to MBS Items for the surgical repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) via vaginal approach
- Changes to MBS varicose vein items
This page provides information on the November 2021 changes to MBS varicose vein items.
- Changes to Medicare Funded Knee Imaging Services
- Changes to Obstetric MRI items factsheet
- Changes to psychiatry services from 1 March 2024
This page provides information relating to recent changes to psychiatry MBS items.
- Changes to Renal Medicine items
- Changes to supervision requirements for nuclear medicine imaging services from 1 July 2024
This page provides details regarding the 1 July 2024 changes to supervision requirements for nuclear medicine imaging services.
- Changes to the definition of infertility
This page provides providers with an overview of recent changes to the Australian fertility sector’s definition of infertility and how this interacts with the MBS
- Changes to the MBS - 26 February 2021
Information on the MBS COVID-19 Vaccine suitability Assessment Service
- Changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for radiation therapy items
This page provides information to providers and patients on changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for radiation therapy items, as a result of the 2017 MBS Review Taskforce of radiation oncology services.
- Changes to thoracic surgery Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items
This page provides information relating to recent changes to thoracic surgery MBS items from 1 March 2024.
- Chemotherapeutic Procedures Factsheet
Factsheet on 1 November 2020 changes to MBS Chemotherapeutic Procedures.
- Childhood Access to Anaesthesia Services Factsheet
- Chronic disease management by consultant physicians
This page provides information on the existing treatment and management planning MBS items (132 and 133) by consultant physicians.
- Claiming Microbiology Tests for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) factsheet
Claiming Microbiology Tests for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) factsheet
- Clarifying clinical intent of spinal decompression items (MBS items 51011 to 51015)
This page provides information on 1 November 2021 changes to spinal decompression items.
- Clarifying MBS Items that are Hospital Only Services
This page provides a list of amended MBS items removing the 85% benefit
- Clarifying the claiming of MBS items with experimental stem cell treatments
- Clarifying the clinical intent of partial rhinoplasty (MBS item 45632)
This page provides information on the 1 November 2021 change made to partial rhinoplasty MBS item 45632
- Clinically suspected melanoma item fee changes to include 2022 indexation
The indexation factor which was applied to MBS services on 1 July 2022 will be applied to items 31377 to 31383, with the updated MBS fees to take effect from 1 March 2023.
- Co-claiming limitations of subsequent attendance items with certain Group T8 surgical operations
This page provides an overview of the changes to the 2017 co-claiming restriction of subsequent attendance items with surgical operations that have an MBS Fee that is greater than a set threshold amount.
- Co-claiming of subsequent attendance items with group T8 surgical operations.
Factsheet summary
- Co-claiming restrictions on MBS items 30621, 48406, and 48409 with 25 cardiothoracic surgical procedure items
This page provides the Quick Reference Guide on the co-claiming restrictions placed on MBS items 30621, 48406, and 48409 to prevent inappropriate co-claiming with 25 cardiothoracic procedures.
