Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00214:clause:1_55774
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00214
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 55774
Character Range: 105180–107225

55774                                    Pelvis or abdomen, pregnancy‑related or pregnancy complication, fetal development and anatomy, ultrasound (the current ultrasound) scan of, by any or all approaches, performed by or on behalf of a medical practitioner who is a Member or a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, if:                                                          65.95
                                         (a) dating of the pregnancy as confirmed by the current ultrasound is after 22 weeks of gestation; and
                                         (b) further examination is clinically indicated in the same pregnancy to which item 55768 or 55770 has been performed; and
                                         (c) the pregnancy as confirmed by an ultrasound is a multiple pregnancy; and
                                         (d) the service mentioned in item 55718, 55721, 55723 or 55725 is not performed in conjunction with the current ultrasound during the same pregnancy; and
                                         (e) the current ultrasound is not performed on the same patient within 24 hours of a service mentioned in item 55757 or 55758 (NR)

Subdivision D—Subgroup 6 of Group I1: musculoskeletal ultrasound

2.1.8  Unilateral item cannot be claimed twice if bilateral item could have been claimed
  If:
 (a) 2 services (the unilateral services) to which an item listed in column 1 of an item of table 2.1.8 applies are provided in conjunction with each other; and
 (b) a service to which an item in column 2 of the item applies could have been provided instead of the 2 unilateral services;
only one of the unilateral services may be claimed.

Table 2.1.8—Unilateral and bilateral services
Item                                           Column 1                                            Column 2

                                               The service in this item cannot be claimed twice …  if the service in this item could have been provided …