58CApplication of item 880

58C Application of item 880 (1) Item 880 applies only if: (a) the attendance is by a specialist, or consultant physician, in the specialty of geriatric medicine or rehabilitation medicine for the purposes of the Act; and (b) the attendance is on a patient who: (i) is an admitted patient of a hospital; and (ii) is not a care recipient in a residential aged care facility; and (iii) is being provided with 1 of the following types of specialist care: (A) geriatric evaluation and management; (B) rehabilitation care. (2) In this rule: > geriatric evaluation and management means care provided to a patient with a disability or psychosocial problem for the purpose of maximising the patient’s health status or optimising the patient’s living arrangements. > rehabilitation care means care provided to a patient with an impairment or disability for the purpose of improving the patient’s functional status.