Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00214:clause:1_61349
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00214
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 61349
Character Range: 274574–276756

61349                                Repeat combined stress and rest, stress and re‑injection or rest and redistribution myocardial perfusion study, including delayed imaging or re‑injection protocol on a subsequent occasion, with single photon emission tomography, with or without planar imaging, if:                                                                                                                      1,016.40
                                     (a) both:
                                     (i) a service has been provided to the patient in the previous 24 months to which this item, or item 61324, 61329, 61345, 61357, 61394, 61398, 61406, 61410 or 61414, applies; and
                                     (ii) the patient has subsequently undergone a revascularisation procedure; and
                                     (b) the patient has one or more symptoms of cardiac ischaemia that have evolved and are not adequately controlled with optimal medical therapy; and
                                     (c) at least one of the following applies:
                                     (i) the patient has body habitus or other physical conditions (including heart rhythm disturbance) to the extent that a stress echocardiography would not provide adequate information;
                                     (ii) the patient is unable to exercise to the extent required for a stress echocardiography to provide adequate information;
                                     (iii) the patient has had a failed stress echocardiography provided in a service to which item 55141, 55143, 55145 or 55146 applies; and
                                     (d) the service is requested by a specialist or a consultant physician; and
                                     (e) the service is not associated with a service to which item 11704, 11705, 11707, 11714, 11729, 11730 or 61410 applies; and
                                     (f) if the patient is 17 years or older—a service to which this item, or item 61410, applies has not been provided to the patient in the previous 12 months
                                     Applicable not more than once in 12 months (R)