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* Payable on an Attendance basis

B

B12

(66599)

Baker's cyst


Balloon catheter

  • intubation, gastro-oesophageal (13506)
  • right heart, insertion of (13818)
  • valvuloplasty or septostomy (38270)

Barium

  • alimentary tract (58909)

Bartholin's


Barton's fracture of radius


Basal cell carcinoma


Bat ear or similar deformity


BE

(66825)

Beta


BETH

(65159)

BFCY

(73045)

BHT

(66674)

BHYB

(66500)

Bicarbonate

(66500)

Bicornuate uterus

  • plastic reconstruction for (35680)

Bile duct


BILI

(66500)

Biliary atresia


Biliary system


BILN

(66749)

Biopsy

  • aggressive bone/deep tissue tumour (50200,50201)
  • aspiration of jaw cysts (52021)
  • aspiration of jaw cysts, lymph gland, muscle or other deep tissue or org (52027)
  • aspiration of jaw cysts, skin or mucous membrane (52024)
  • bone marrow (30081,30084,30087)
  • breast (31530,31533,31548)
  • cervix, cone (35617,35618)
  • cervix, punch (35608)
  • conjunctiva (42676)
  • drill, lymph gland, deep tissue/organ (30078)
  • endobronchial ultrasound guided (30710)
  • endometrial, for suspected malignancy (35620)
  • endometrium *
  • endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration ( 30696)
  • laparoscopic (30391)
  • liver (30409,30411)
  • lung, percutaneous needle (38812)
  • lymph gland, muscle, other deep tissue/organ (30074,30075)
  • lymph node of neck (31420)
  • myocardial, by cardiac catherterisation (38275)
  • needle aspiration *
  • percutaneous aspiration, deep organ (30094)
  • pleura (30090)
  • prostate (37212,37215,37218)
  • punch, of synovial membrane (30087)
  • rectum, full thickness (32096)
  • renal (closed) (36561)
  • scalene node (30096)
  • sentinel lymph node, for breast cancer (30299-30303)
  • skin or mucous membrane (30071)
  • thyroid *
  • using ABBI (31539,31545)
  • vertebra, needle (30093)

Bird fancier's disease

see avian precipitins

Bladder

  • aspiration of, by needle (37041)
  • biopsy of, with cystoscopy (36836)
  • catheterisation of (36800)
  • cystostomy or cystotomy (37008)
  • diverticulum of, excision or obliteration (37020)
  • ectopic, 'turning-in' operation (37842)
  • enlargement of, using intestine (37047)
  • excision of (37000,37014)
  • exstrophy closure (37050)
  • exstrophy of, repair of (37842)
  • neck reconstruction, prostatectomy (37210,37211)
  • neck resection, endoscopic (36854)
  • repair of rupture (37004)
  • stress incontinence, Stamey or similar (37043)
  • stress incontinence, sling procedure (37042)
  • stress incontinence, suprapubic procedure (37044)
  • transection, with re-anastomosis to trigone (37053)
  • tumour/s, diathermy/resection (36845, 36840)
  • tumour/s, laser destruction with cystoscopy (36840)
  • washout test of (11921)

Blastomyces

(69384)

BLM

(69384)

Block, nerve, regional or field

see nerve

Blood

  • administration of (13703,13706)
  • arterial, collection for pathology (13839,13842)
  • collection of, for transfusion (13709)
  • collection of, in infants, for pathology (13312)
  • culture, BC (69357)
  • dye - dilution indicator test (11715)
  • faecal occult, FOB (66767)
  • film, BF (65066)
  • full examination, FBE (65070)
  • gas, GAS (66566)
  • peripheral, invitro processing, cryopreservation (13760)
  • pressure monitoring, indwelling catheter (11600)
  • pressure monitoring, indwelling catheter (ICU only) (13876)
  • retrograde admin for cardioplegia (38588)
  • sampling, fetal (16606)
  • transfusion (13703,13706)
  • transfusion, fetal (16609-16615)
  • transfusion, paediatric/neonatal (13306,13309)
  • viscosity, VISC (65060)
  • volume estimation, nuclear (12500)

BMEA

(65087)

BMET

(65084)

BMIC

(66629)

BNP

(66830)

BOB

(69384)

Body fluids


Bone marrow examination


Bone


BOR

(69384)

Bordetella pertussis - microbial antibody testing

(69384)

Borrelia burgdorferi - microbial antibody testing

(69384)

Botulinum toxin, injection for

(18350 - 18373)

Boutonniere deformity, reconstruction of

(46444, 46447)

Bowel


Brachial plexus

  • exploration of (39333)
  • vessel, ligation/exploration, other (34106)

Brachycephaly, cranial vault reconstruction for

(45785)

Brachytherapy planning

(15536)

Brain stem

  • evoked response audiometry (11300)
  • tumour, craniotomy for removal (39709)

Branchial

  • cyst, removal of (30286)
  • fistula, removal of (30289)

Breast

  • abnormality detected by mammography (31506)
  • benign lesion (31500,31503)
  • biopsy, fine needle, imaging guided (31533)
  • biopsy, solid tumour, vacuum-assisted, image guided (31530)
  • central ducts, excision for benign condition (31557)
  • core biopsy of solid tumour or tissue (31548)
  • cyst, aspiration of *
  • exploration/drainage, operating theatre (31551)
  • lesion, pre-op localisation, for ABBI (31542)
  • lesion, pre-op localisation, imaging guided (31536)
  • malignant tumour (31509,31512)
  • mammaplasty (45524, 45527, 45528)
  • manipulation tissue surrounding prosthesis *
  • mastectomy - see mastectomy
  • microdochotomy (31554)
  • nipple, accessory, excision of (31566)
  • prosthesis operations (45548-45554)
  • pstosis, correction of (unilateral) (45556,45557)
  • ptosis, correction of (bilateral) (45558)
  • reconstruction (45530-45542)
  • silicone prosthesis, removal of (45555)
  • tissue, accessory, excision of (31560)
  • tubuerous, tubular or constricted, correction of (45559)
  • tumour site, re-excision (31515)
  • x-ray, excised tissue (59318)
  • x-ray, restriction applies (59303)
  • x-ray, with surgical procedure (59312)

Breath hydrogen test

(66674)

BRMD

(66812)

Broad ligament cyst/tumour


Brodie's abscess


Bromide

(66812)

Bronchial tree

  • intrathoracic operation on, other (38456)

Bronchography

(59715)

Bronchoscopy

  • as an independent procedure (41889)
  • with biopsy or other procedure (41892)
  • with dilatation of tracheal stricture (41904)
  • with transbronchial lung biopsy (41898)

Bronchospirometry

(11500)

Bronchus


Broviac catheter


Brucella

(69384)

BRU

(69384)

Bubonocele operation

(30612, 30614)

Bulk-billing

(10990, 10991, 10992, 64990, 64991, 74990, 74991)

Bulk-billing Pathology Episode Incentive Items

(74992-74999)

Bunion


Burch colposuspension

(37044)

Burns


Burr-hole

  • craniotomy, intracranial haemorrhage (39600)
  • placement of intracranial electrodes (40709)
  • single, preparatory to ventricular puncture (39012)

Bursa


Burst abdomen


Bypass

  • extracranial to intracranial (39818)
  • graft, infected, of extremities, excision of (34175)
  • graft, infected, of neck, excision of (34157)
  • graft, infected, of trunk, excision of (34169)
  • grafting for aneurysm (33050,33055)
  • grafting, arterial, for occlusive arterial disease (32700-32763)
  • grafting, cross leg, saphenous to iliac or femoral vein (34806)
last updated 21 August 2009

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