29Multiple services — vascular ultrasound

29 Multiple services — vascular ultrasound

(1) If a medical practitioner provides 2 or more vascular ultrasound services for the same patient on the same day, the fees specified for the items that apply to the services are affected as follows:

(a) the second highest fee is reduced by 40%;

(b) any other fee, except the highest, is reduced by 50%.

(2) For subrule (1):

(a) if 2 or more applicable fees are equally the highest, one only of those fees is taken to be the highest fee; and

(b) if paragraph (a) applies — the other, or another, highest fee is taken to be the second highest fee; and

(c) if 2 or more fees are equally second highest, any one of those fees may be taken to be the second highest for the purpose of paragraph (1) (b); and

(d) if a reduced fee calculated under subrule (1) is not a multiple of 5 cents, the reduced fee is taken to be the nearest amount that is a multiple of 5 cents.

(3) This rule does not apply to the fee specified in item 64990 or 64991.