Specialist

General Practitioner

Anaesthetic

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Injections and Infustions

0206

Intravenous Infusions (push-in) lnsertion of cannula - chargeable once per 24 hour

Not appropriate for managing infusion in daily hospital, High Care and Intensive Care patients (code 0109, 1204 - 1206 and 1208 - 1210).

tariff code is considered part of anaesthetic administration.

6

177.00

6

177.00

0207

Intravenous Infusions (cut-down): Cut-down and insertion of cannula - chargeable once per 24 hours

Not appropriate for managing infusion in daily hospital, High Care and Intensive Care patients (code 0109, 1204 - 1206 and 1208 - 1210).

tariff code is considered part of anaesthetic administration.

8

236.00

8

236.00

0208

Therapeutic venesection (Not to be used when blood is drawn for the purpose of laboratory investigations)

Note: How to charge for intravenous infusions

Practitioners are entitled to charge according to the appropriate item whenever they personally insert the cannula (but may only charge for this service once every 24 hours) For managing the infusion as such e.g. checking it when visiting the patient or prescribing the substance, no fee may be charged since this service is regarded as part of the services the doctor renders during consultation.

6

177.00

6

177.00

0210

Collection of blood specimen(s) by medical practitioner for pathology examination, per venesection (not to be used by pathologists)

3.25

95.88

3.25

95.88