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with the item number 16406, 16515, 16518, 16519, 16522 (excluding caesarean),  16527, 16528, 16530, 16531, 16533 or 16534 is rendered to the patient in that hospital; or
            (b) if the circumstances in paragraph (a) do not apply, the day before a professional service with the item number 16520 and 16522 (including caesarean) is rendered to the patient at that hospital, unless the particular obstetric procedure to be rendered is recognised as requiring a longer pre‑operative period; or
            (c) the day on which a professional service with the item number 82118, 82120, 82123, 82125 or 82127 is rendered to a patient by a participating midwife.

      (3) In this clause, the item numbers specified are the item numbers in the general medical services table.

6. Surgical patient

      (1) In this Schedule, surgical patient has the meaning given by this clause.

      (2) A patient shall be taken to be a surgical patient upon admission to a hospital from and including:
            (a) the day before a professional service of the type identified by the item number in the MBS which is specified in subclause (3), is rendered to the patient at that hospital, unless the particular surgical procedure to be rendered is recognised as requiring a longer pre‑operative period; or
            (b) if a longer pre‑operative period is required, from and including the day of admission of the patient for the purpose of providing the professional service of the type mentioned in paragraph (a); or
            (c) if the surgery is rendered to a patient during an admission, from the day the surgery involving a professional service of the type mentioned in paragraph (a) is performed (not the day before).

           Note: The effect of the reference in subclause (1)(a) to a professional service, being the service for which a Medicare benefit is payable, is that a professional service must have been provided to the patient for the minimum benefit to apply.

      (3) The MBS item numbers for this clause are those set out in the following table, but only where those items have a fee in the MBS within the range of $289.35 to $971.65:

Type A procedures: Surgical patient – list of MBS items
13212, 13218, 13241, 13251, 13700, 13834, 13837, 14234, 14237, 16567, 16570, 16571, 16573, 30016, 30023, 30024, 30068, 30166, 30169, 30190, 30225, 30229, 30235, 30241, 30244, 30246, 30247, 30253, 30256, 30272, 30286, 30287, 30289, 30293, 30299, 30305, 30306, 30310, 30311, 30314, 30326, 30330, 30332, 30385, 30387, 30392, 30399, 30400, 30408, 30414, 30416, 30419, 30422, 30431, 30433, 30440, 30443, 30445, 30450, 30451, 30452, 30475, 30479, 30481, 30484, 30485, 30490, 30491, 30492, 30494, 30495, 30515, 30520, 30530, 30559, 30562, 30563, 30600, 30611, 30615, 30618, 30621, 30622, 30623, 30626, 30629, 30635, 30637, 30639, 30641, 30642,