Part 2Rules of interpretation

Part 2 Rules of interpretation

2 General

(1) In this table, unless the contrary intention appears:

(Anaes.) — see the general medical services table.

computed tomography means a service performed (with or without intravenous contrast):

(a) using a detector coupled to an x‑ray tube that emits a finely collimated x‑ray beam as it rotates within a gantry around a patient either in incremental or helical manner; and

(b) registering a resulting variable amount of x‑rays and transforming that information into a cross‑sectional image after the application of complex algorithms.

CT means computed tomography.

CT equipment includes the following components:

(a) a gantry;

(b) a couch;

(c) a computer;

(d) an operator station;

(e) a generator.

group of practitioners has the same meaning as in subsection 16A (10) of the Act.

item means:

(a) an item mentioned, by number, in column 1 of:

(i) Part 3; or

(ii) Part 3 of the pathology services table; or

(iii) Part 3 of the general medical services table; and

(b) in a reference immediately followed by a number — the item so numbered.

Example

A reference by number to any of items 11240, 11603 to 11612, 30361 and 30488 is a reference to the item so numbered in the general medical services table.

MRA means magnetic resonance angiography.

MRI means magnetic resonance imaging.

non‑metropolitan hospital means a hospital that is located outside the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Greater Hobart, Darwin and Canberra major statistical divisions, as defined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification 1999 published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (publication number 1216.0 of 1999).

providing practitioner, in relation to a service mentioned in an item in Group I1 of Part 3, means the medical practitioner by whom, or under whose supervision or direction, the service was performed.

registered sonographer means a person whose name is entered on the Register of Sonographers kept by the Medicare Australia CEO.