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Read the relevant item descriptions, fact sheets and explanatory notes on the MBS Online website.
You can bill and claim the following Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for eating disorder plans.
These services can be performed and billed through telehealth. Read Telehealth MBS items to learn more.
General and medical practitioner items
| Health professional | Items | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| GP (no mental health skills training) | 90250 and 90251 | Prepare a plan |
| GP (with mental health skills training) | 90252 and 90253 | Prepare a plan |
| GP | 90264 | Review a plan |
| Medical practitioner (no mental health skills training) | 90254 and 90255 | Prepare a plan |
| Medical practitioner (with mental health skills training) | 90256 and 90257 | Prepare a plan |
| Medical practitioner | 90265 | Review a plan |
Psychiatrist and paediatrician items
| Health professional | Items | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| Consultant physician in Psychiatry | 90260 | Prepare a plan |
| Consultant physician in Psychiatry | 90266 | Review a plan |
| Consultant physician in Paediatrics | 90261 | Prepare a plan |
| Consultant physician in Paediatrics | 90267 | Review a plan |
GP and medical practitioner treatment items
To bill and claim these items you must be registered with Medicare to provide focused psychological strategies (FPS).
| Health professional | Items | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| GP (FPS) | 90271-90274 | Attendance items to provide eating disorder psychological treatment services |
| Medical practitioner (FPS) | 90275-90278 | Attendance items to provide eating disorder psychological treatment services |
Allied health professional items
| Health professional | Items | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| Dietitian | 82350 | Dietetics service of at least 20 minutes |
| Clinical psychologist | 82352-82357 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for an individual patient |
| Clinical psychologist | 82358-82359 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for a group of 6 to 10 patients |
| Psychologist | 82360-82365 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for an individual patient |
| Psychologist | 82366 to 82367 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for a group of 6 to 10 patients |
| Occupational therapist | 82368-82373 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for an individual patient |
| Occupational therapist | 82374-82375 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for a group of 6 to 10 patients |
| Social worker | 82376-82381 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for an individual patient |
| Social worker | 82382-82383 | Eating disorder psychological treatment for a group of 6 to 10 patients |
Consultation items and treatment and management plan items
Some eating disorder treatment and management plan items can’t be claimed with some other consultation items on the same day for the same patient.
The MBS item and explanatory notes on the MBS Online website provide more information about what consultation items you can’t claim with an eating disorder treatment and management plan item.