Effective 1 November 2024, the following changes were made to radiation therapy MBS items to clarify and correct issues which arose following implementation of the radiation therapy MBS Review changes on 1 July 2024:

• Wording regarding specific technology has been removed from items 15906 and 15908.
• Applicability phrases have removed from some items as follows:
  • “Applicable once per plan per day” from items 15930-15940 and 15946, and
  • “Applicable once per day” from items 15942, 15944 and 15948.
• The item descriptors for 15952 and 15954 have been amended so that:
  • Item 15952 would be billed when one site only is being treated at the attendance.
  • Treatment to 2 or more sites during the same attendance should be billed as follows:
    • Item 15952 for the first site, and
    • Item 15954 for each subsequent site rebated at the flat fee of $22.00 per site.
• The words “to treat intracavitary, intraoral or intranasal site,” have been removed from item 15960.
• The applicability phrase “Applicable once per course of treatment” has been removed from the descriptors of items 15970-15980.
• Megavoltage treatment items 15938, 15940, and 15944 and replanning items 15912, 15916, and 15922 have been modified to include the words “to implement a plan at a level that is equivalent to or higher than that described in”.

Further information can be found in the factsheet below:
Word Version - Updates to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for radiation therapy items from 1 November 2024 (Word 134 KB)
PDF Version - Updates to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for radiation therapy items from 1 November 2024 (PDF 246 KB)