MBS Online - A to Z

An A to Z index page for services listed on the Medicare Benefits Schedule.

* Payable on an Attendance basis

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Dacryocystectomy
(42596)

Dacryocystography
(59703)

Dacryocystorhinostomy
(42623,42626)

Dark Adaptometry
(11211)

DATP
(66626)

DCOR
(66695)

DD
(65120)

D-dimer test
(65120)

Debridement

of contaminated wound (30023)
of tissue, ischaemic limb 35100,35103

Debulking operation

gynaecological malignancy (35720)

Decompression

fasciotomy, calf/forearm (47975,47978,47981)
fasciotomy, hand (47981)
of Arnold-Chiari malformation (40106)
of facial nerve, mastoid portion (41569)
of intracranial tumour (39706)
operation for priapism (37393)
subtemporal (40015)

Deep organ

percutaneous aspiration biopsy (30094)
tissue or organ, biopsy of (30074,30075,30078)

Deep tissue or organ

biopsy of (52027)

Defaecogram
(58939)

Defibrillator generator

insertion/replacement (38393)
insertion of patches for (38390)

Delorme procedure
(32111)

DEN
(69384)

Dengue - microbial antibody testing
(69384)

Dental
(85011-87777)

Dermabrasion
(45021,45024)

Dermis, dermofat or fascia graft
(52424)

Dermo-fat or fascia graft
(45018)

Dermoid

excision (52039)
excision of (see tumour, other)
nasal, excision of (41729)
oral and maxillofacial region (45801-45807)
orbital, excision of (42574)
periorbital, excision of (42573)

DESI
(66812)

Desipramine
(66812)

Detached retina

diathermy/cryotherapy (42773)
retina, removal of silicone band (42812)
retina, resection/buckling/revision (42776)

DEXA
(66686)

Dexamethasone - suppression test
(66686)

Dexamethasone
(66686)

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate
(66695)

DHEA
(66695)

DHEAS
(66695)

GHSE
(66686)

DHTS
(66695)

Dialysis

peritoneal (13112)
supervision in home (13104)
supervision in hospital (13100,13103)

Diaphragm

plication of for eventration (43915)

Diaphragmatic hernia

neonatal, repair of (43837,43840)
hernia, repair of (30600,30601)

Diaphyseal aclasia

removal of lesion/s from bone (50426)

Diastematomyelia

tethered cord, release of (40112)

Diathermy of

bladder tumours (36845,36840)
cervix (35608,35646)
detached retina (42773)
electrocoagulation, of cervix (35644,35645)
palmar or plantar wart (30186)
perforation of tympanum (41641)
pharynx (41674)
rectal polyps with sigmoidoscopy (32078)
salivary gland duct (30262)
septum (41674)
starburst vessels, head or neck (30213,30214)
telangiectases, head or neck (30213,30214)
turbinates (41674)
urethra (37318)

Diathermy

salivary gland duct (52072)

DIAZ
(66812)

Diazepam
(66812)

DIFF
(66812)

Differential cell count
(66812)

Diffusing capacity
(11503)

DIG
(66800)

Digit

amputation of (46464-46480)
distal, excision of ganglion/mucous cyst (46495)
extra, amputation of (46464)
flexor/extensor contracture, correction of (46492)
or ray, transposition/transfer, vascular pedicle (46507)
synovectomy of tendon/s (46348-46360)
transposition/transfer, vascular pedicle (46507)

Digital

nail, toe, removal of (47904,47906)
nerve, nerve graft to (39318)
nerve, repair of (39300,39303)
temperature, measurement of (11615)

Digits & phalanges
(57527)

Digoxin
(66800)

Dihydrotestosterone
(66695)

DIL
(66812)

Dilatation

salivary gland duct (52072)

DIP
(69384)

Diphenylhydantoin (Dilantin)
(66812)

Diphtheria - microbial antibody testing
(69384)
Direct Coombs test
(65114)

Direct flap repair
(45209-45224)

Disarticulation

of limb (see amputation)

Disc

intervertebral, laminectomy for removal (40300)
intervertebral, microsurgical discectomy of (40301)
lesion, recurrent, laminectomy for (40303)
lumbar intervertebral, total artificial replacement (48691-48693)

Discectomy

cervical (anterior), without fusion (40333)
microsurgical, of intervertebral disc/s (40301)
percutaneous lumbar (48636)

Discography
(59700)

Discontinuation of operative procedure

Disimpaction of faeces under GA
(32153)

Dislocation

mandible, treatment of (53203)
treatment of (see body part)

DISO
(66800)

Disopyramide (Rythmodan)
(66800)

Dissection

lymph nodes of neck (31423-31438)

Diverticulum

bladder, excision/obliteration (37020)
Meckel's, removal of(30375)
urethral, excision of (37372)

DLAT
(65075)

DNA, (double-stranded DNA) antibody
(71099)

DNA binding - quantitation & measurement if positive ANA ANAP
(71099)

Dohlman's operation
(41773)

Domiciliary Medication Management Review

attendance (900)

Donald-Fothergill operation
(35577)

Donath Landsteiner antibody test
(65075)

Donor haemapheresis
(13755)

Doppler recordings
(11612,11602,11610, 11611,11614)

Double balloon enteroscopy
(30680-30686)

Double vagina

excision of septum (35566)

Down's Syndrome and neural tube defects (see test groups at para PQ.4) NTDD

DOXE
(66812)

Doxepin hydrochloride
(66812)

Drez lesion

operation for (39124)

DRGO
(66623)

Drill biopsy of lymph gland/deep tissue/organ
(30078)

Drug delivery device

drug delivery system for spasticity management (14227-14242)
loading of (13939,13942,13945)

Drugs

abuse treatment programme - assay (66626)
inappropriate dosage - assay (66623)
therapeutic - assay (See individual drugs) (66812)

DSDNA
(71099)

Duct

salivary gland, diathermy or dilatation of (52072)
salivary gland, diathermy/dilatation (30262)
salivary gland, major, transposition of (41910)
salivary gland, marsupialisation (30265,30266)
salivary gland, meatotomy (30265,30266)
salivary gland, removal of calculus (30265,30266)
salivary gland, removal of calculus from (52075)
sublingual gland, removal of calculus from (52075)
submandibular, removal of (30255)

Duodenal atresia

duodeno-duodenostomy/jejunostomy (43807)
intubation (30487,30488)
stenosis, duodeno-duodenostomy/jejunostomy (43807)
ulcer, perforated, suture(30375)

Duodenoduodenostomy for duodenal atresia/stenosis
(43807)

Duodenojejunostomy for duodenal atresia/stenosis
(43807)

Duodenoscopy
(30473,30476,30478)

Duodenum

barium x-ray of (58909)

Duplex scanning

abdominal aorta, arteries, iliac arteries and veins (55276)
arteries/grafts lower limb (55238)
arteries/grafts upper limb (55248)
carotid and vertebral vessels (55274)
intra-cranial vessels (55280)
penis, cavernosal artery (55282)
penis, cavernosal tissue (55284)
renal/visceral vessels (55278)
veins lower limb, venous disease (55246)
veins lower limb, venous thrombrosis (55244)
veins upper limb (55252)

Dupuytren's contracture

operations for (46366-46393)

D Vitamin
(66608)

Dynamic function tests
(66686)

Dysthyroid eye disease

decompression of orbit(42545)
device for delivery of therapeutic agents (14221-14242, 39133)
drug delivery system (39125,39126,39128)
drug delivery system for spasticity management (14227-14242)
loop recorder for investigation of syncope (11722)
pace maker testing (11718-11721)
pump or reservoir, loading of (14218)
reservoir associated with adjustable gastric band (14215)

DXST
(66686)

last updated 21 August 2009