Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2000
17Computed tomography services — meaning of (K) and (NK)
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17 Computed tomography services — meaning of (K) and (NK)
(1) In any of items 56001 to 57355, the symbol (K) means:
(a) for CT equipment that was first installed and used as new equipment at a site in Australia:
(i) the service was rendered earlier than 10 years after the earliest date on which any component of the equipment was first installed and ready for use; or
(ii) the service was performed in a remote location; or
(b) for CT equipment imported as pre-used equipment:
(i) the service was rendered earlier than 10 years after the earliest date of manufacture of any component of the equipment; or
(ii) the service was rendered in a remote location.
(2) In any of items 56001 to 57355, the symbol (NK) means the service was rendered 10 years or more after:
(a) for CT equipment that was first installed and used as new equipment in Australia — the earliest date on which any component of the equipment was first installed and ready for use; or
(b) for CT equipment imported as pre-used equipment — the earliest date of manufacture of any component of the equipment.
(3) In this rule:
CT equipment imported as pre-used equipment means equipment that has been used to perform CT services before being imported into Australia.
installed and ready for use, in relation to a component, means ready for immediate income-producing purposes whether or not it is so used.