MBS Billing Combinations
Multiple MBS Item Numbers can be billed on the same day (see explanatory notes on individual item numbers for more detail):
- Consult Number & Care Plans (Ceased in 2014) X
- Consult Numbers & Mental Health √
- Consult Numbers & Health Assessments √
- Consult Numbers & Home Medicines Review √
See MBS Online explanatory notes for additional claiming information.
For example: MBS Online explanatory notes for Health Assessments states “General practitioners should not conduct a separate consultation for another health-related issue in conjunction with a health assessment unless it is clinically necessary (i.e. the patient has an acute problem that needs to be managed separately from the assessment).” (MBS Online, AN.0.36)
