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Attendance Items 132 and 133

:: Using MBS Items 132 and 133

The following information was given to the AACP by the Department of Health and Ageing explaining the correct process for using items 132 and 133.

• Item 132 can be billed once within a twelve month period.
The twelve-month period commences from the date of the initial consult under item 132.

• Item 133 can be claimed twice within the twelve month period.
Both item 133s must be claimed within 12 months from the date item 132 was claimed. 

Frequency restrictions are considered to be rolling restrictions and not based on calendar or financial years. 

Medicare Australia has confirmed that their system is set up to allow only one claim per patient per provider of item 132 in a twelve-month period and two item 133s within the same period.

:: Descriptors and Explanatory Notes
Item descriptors and explanatory notes for Medicare items 132 and 133 can be viewed at MBS Online.

:: Medicare Australia Fact Sheet
For general information on items 132 and 133, please download Medicare Australia's fact sheet.

:: Questions and Answers
The Department of Health and Ageing has published a list of Questions
and Answers for the Consultant Physician attendance items 132 and 133, introduced on November 2007.

 

More detailed information regarding the claiming requirement of items can be obtained by calling the Medicare Provider Hotline on 132 150 (for practitioners) or 131 011 (for patients).