The July 2010 Medicare Benefits Schedule
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Publication | Pages | FilesDownload Help | Notes | ||||
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| Summary of 1July 2010 MBS | 8 pages | (PDF 27 KB) | (RTF 188 KB) | (ZIP 18 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Complete MBS - excluding Dental Services | 768 pages | (PDF 3762 KB) | (RTF 15239 KB) | (ZIP 1020 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010 to include 1 July 2010 amendments. | ||
Medicare Benefits Schedule by Category | |||||||
| Category 1 - Attendances | 146 pages | (PDF 758 KB) | (RTF 2973 KB) | (ZIP 223 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Category 2 - Diagnostic Procedures | 53 pages | (PDF 306 KB) | (RTF 895 KB) | (ZIP 96 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Category 3 - Therapeutic Procedures | 330 pages | (PDF 1619 KB) | (RTF 9394 KB) | (ZIP 532 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Category 4 - Oral and Maxillofacial Services | 59 pages | (PDF 285 KB) | (RTF 1020 KB) | (ZIP 95 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Category 5 - Diagnostic Imaging Services | 113 pages | (PDF 530 KB) | (RTF 2072 KB) | (ZIP 157 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010 to include 1 July 2010 amendments. | ||
| Category 6 - Pathology Services | 107 pages | (PDF 560 KB) | (RTF 1871 KB) | (ZIP 171 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Category 7 - Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Services | 49 pages | (PDF 260 KB) | (RTF 744 KB) | (ZIP 83 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Category 8 - Miscellaneous Services | 88 pages | (PDF 572 KB) | (RTF 1136 KB) | (ZIP 343 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010 to include 1 July 2010 amendments. | ||
Other Schedules | |||||||
| Allied Health Schedule | 58 pages | (PDF 357 KB) | (RTF 866 KB) | (ZIP 81 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Dental Services Schedule | 65 pages | (PDF 197 KB) | (RTF 1522 KB) | (ZIP 79 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
| Optometrical Benefits Schedule | 55 pages | (PDF 276 KB) | (RTF 615 KB) | (ZIP 84 KB) | File created on 16 June 2010. | ||
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Software Files (ASCII and XML)
File type | Files | Notes | |||
| ASCII [ASCII specifications] | (TXT 2162 KB) | (ZIP 314 KB) | File created on 3 June to include1 July amendments. | ||
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| Relative Value Guide (RVG) | (TXT 14 KB) | | File created on 28 September 2009. | ||
| XML [XML help] | (XML 7426 KB) | (ZIP 343 KB) | File created on 3 June to include 1 July amendments. | ||
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