Schedule — Relevant servicesSchedule — Relevant services

Schedule – Relevant services

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:8.35pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Group A10 – Optometric services provided by optometrist</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:8.35pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:8.35pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Service</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Column 3</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">Fee ($)</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 1 – General</span><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10905</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if the patient has been referred by another optometrist who is not associated with the optometrist to whom the patient is referred</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>69.45</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10907</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention if the patient has attended another optometrist for an attendance to which this item or item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914 or 10915 applies:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) for a patient who is less than 65 years of age—within the previous 36 months; or</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) for a patient who is at least 65 years of age—within the previous 12 months</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>34.80</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10910</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) the patient is less than 65 years of age; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) the patient has not, within the previous 36 months, received a service to which this item or item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10913, 10914 or 10915 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>69.45</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10911</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration,</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>being the first in a course of attention, if:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) the patient is at least 65 years of age; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) the patient has not, within the previous 12 months, received a service to which this item or item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10913, 10914 or 10915 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>69.45</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10913</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if the patient has suffered a significant change of visual function or has new signs or symptoms, unrelated to the earlier course of attention, requiring comprehensive reassessment:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) for a patient who is less than 65 years of age—within 36 months of an initial consultation to which this item, or item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10914 or 10915 applies; or</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) for a patient who is at least 65 years of age—within 12 months of an initial consultation to which this item, or item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10914 or 10915 applies</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>69.45</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10914</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention, if the patient has a progressive disorder (excluding presbyopia) requiring comprehensive reassessment:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) for a patient who is less than 65 years of age—within 36 months of an initial consultation to which this item or item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10913 or 10915 applies; or</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) for a patient who is at least 65 years of age—within 12 months of an initial consultation to which this item or item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913 or 10915 applies</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>69.45</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10915</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in a course of attention involving the examination of the eyes, with the instillation of a mydriatic, of a patient with diabetes mellitus, requiring comprehensive reassessment</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>69.45</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10916</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance, being the first in a course of attention, of not more than 15 minutes in duration (other than a service associated with a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10938, 10939, 10940, 10941, 10942 or 10943 applies)</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>34.80</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10918</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Professional attendance, being the second or subsequent in a course of attention and being unrelated to the prescription and fitting of contact lenses (other than a service associated with a service to which item 10938, 10939,</span><span> </span><span>10940 or 10941 applies)</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>34.80</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10921</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses for optical correction, being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>For patients with any of the following:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><a id="_Hlk187871654"><span>(a) myopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in at least one eye;</span></a></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) manifest hyperopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in at least one eye;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) astigmatism of 3.0 dioptres or greater in at least one eye;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(d) anisometropia of 3.0 dioptres or greater (difference between spherical equivalents)</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once for each condition in a period of 36 months</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>172.55</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10924</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, for patients with irregular astigmatism in either eye, being a condition the existence of which has been confirmed by keratometric observation, topographic or quantitative corneal morphology if:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) the maximum visual acuity obtainable with spectacle correction is worse than 0.3 logMAR (6/12); and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) if that corrected acuity would be improved by an additional 0.1 logMAR by the use of a contact lens;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once in a period of 36 months</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>217.70</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10926</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, for patients with corrected visual acuity of 0.7 logMAR (6/30) or worse in both eyes, being patients for whom a contact lens is prescribed as part of a telescopic system, being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once in a period of 36 months</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>172.55</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10927</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, for patients for whom a wholly or segmentally opaque contact lens is prescribed for the alleviation of dazzle, distortion or diplopia caused by any of the following:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) pathological mydriasis;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) aniridia;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) coloboma of the iris;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(d) pupillary malformation or distortion;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(e) significant ocular deformity; or</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(f) corneal opacity;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>whether congenital, traumatic or surgical in origin being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once in a period of 36 months</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>217.70</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10928</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, for</span><span> </span><span>patients who, because of physical deformity, are unable to wear spectacles, being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once in a period of 36 months</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>172.55</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10929</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, for patients who have a medical or optical condition (other than myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, anisometropia or a condition to which item 10926, 10927 or 10928 applies) requiring the use of a contact lens for correction, if the condition is specified on the patient's account, being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) item</span><span> </span><span>10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">(b) the contact lenses are not required for appearance, sporting, work or psychological reasons.</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once in a period of 36 months</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>217.70</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10930</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>All professional attendances regarded as a single service in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses if the patient meets the requirements of an item in the series 10921 to 10929 and requires a change in contact lens material or basic lens parameters, other than a simple power change, because of a structural or functional change in the eye or an allergic response within 36 months of the fitting of a contact lens covered by items</span><span> </span><span>10921 to 10929</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>172.55</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10931</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>A flag fall service to which an item in Subgroup 1 of Group A10 applies (other than this item), if the service:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) is provided:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(i) during a home visit to a person; or</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(ii) in a residential aged care facility; or</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(iii) in an institution; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is provided to one or more patients at a single location on a single occasion; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) is:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(i) bulk</span><span>‑</span><span>billed for the fees for this item and another item applying to the service; or</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(ii) not bulk</span><span>‑</span><span>billed for the fees for this item and another item applying to the service</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once per occasion a service is provided under paragraph (a) for each distinct location</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>43.75</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10938</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Full quantitative computerised perimetry (automated absolute static threshold), with bilateral assessment and report, where indicated by the presence of glaucoma with a high risk of clinically significant progression that:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) is not a service involving multifocal multichannel objective perimetry;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is performed by an optometrist; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) is performed on a patient who has received two perimetry services to which item 10940 or 10941 applies in the previous 12 months</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>other than a service associated with a service to which item 10916 or 10918 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once per patient (including any service to which item 10939 applies) in a 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>72.55</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10939</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Full quantitative computerised perimetry (automated absolute static threshold) with unilateral assessment and report, where indicated by the presence of glaucoma with a high risk of clinically significant progression that:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) is not a service involving multifocal multichannel objective perimetry; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is performed by an optometrist</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) is performed on a patient who has received two perimetry services to which item 10940 or 10941 applies in the previous 12 months</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>other than a service associated with a service to which item 10916 or 10918 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once per patient (including any service to which item 10938 applies) in a 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>43.80</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10940</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Full quantitative computerised perimetry (automated absolute static threshold), with bilateral assessment and report, if indicated by the presence of relevant ocular disease or suspected pathology of the visual pathways or brain that:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) is not a service involving multifocal multichannel objective perimetry; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is performed by an optometrist;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) the patient has received fewer than two perimetry services to which this item or item 10941 applies in a 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>other than a service associated with a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10916 or 10918 applies</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>66.30</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10941</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Full quantitative computerised perimetry (automated absolute static threshold) with unilateral assessment and report, if indicated by the presence of relevant ocular disease or suspected pathology of the visual pathways or brain that:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) is not a service involving multifocal multichannel objective perimetry; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is performed by an optometrist;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) the patient has received fewer than two perimetry services to which this item or item 10940 applies in a 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>other than a service associated with a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10916 or 10918</span><span> </span><span>applies</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>40.00</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10942</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Testing of residual vision to provide optimum visual performance for a patient who has best corrected visual acuity of 6/15 or N12 or worse at 40cm in the better eye or a horizontal visual field of less than 110 degrees and within 10 degrees above and below the horizontal midline, involving one or more of the following:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) spectacle correction;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) determination of contrast sensitivity;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(c) determination of glare sensitivity;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(d) prescription of magnification aids;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>other than a service associated with a service to which item</span><span> </span><span>10916, 10921, 10924, 10926, 10927, 10928, 10929 or 10930 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable twice per patient in a 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>34.80</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10943</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Additional testing to confirm diagnosis of, or establish a treatment regime for, a significant binocular or accommodative dysfunction, in a patient aged 3 to 14 years, where the service:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) includes assessment of one or more of the following:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(i) accommodation;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(ii) ocular motility;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(iii) vergences;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(iv) fusional reserves;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:28.35pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(v) cycloplegic refraction; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:2.3pt; text-indent:-0.05pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is not performed for the assessment of learning difficulties or learning disabilities;</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; text-indent:2.3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>other than a service to which item 10916, 10921, 10924, 10926, 10927, 10928, 10929 or 10930 applies</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Applicable once per patient in a 12</span><span>‑</span><span>month period</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>34.80</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10944</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Complete removal of embedded foreign body (including a rust ring, if present) from the cornea—not more than once on the same day by the same optometrist (excluding after</span><span>‑</span><span>care). Only claimable when either fully removed, or if the patient is referred to an Ophthalmologist or other appropriately qualified practitioner for further assessment and management after second attendance results in partial removal</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>Other than </span><a id="_Hlk187872870"><span>a service associated with a service to which items 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915, 10916 or 10918 applies</span></a></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>75.05</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subgroup 2 – Telehealth attendance</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10945</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>A professional attendance of less than 15 minutes (whether or not continuous) by an optometrist providing clinical support to a patient who:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) is participating in a video conferencing consultation with a specialist practising in the speciality of ophthalmology; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is not an admitted patient</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-bottom:1pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>34.80</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:14.36%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>10946</span></p></td><td style="width:70.68%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>A professional attendance of at least 15 minutes (whether or not continuous) by an optometrist providing clinical support to a patient who:</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(a) is participating in a video conferencing consultation with a specialist practising in the speciality of ophthalmology; and</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>(b) is not an admitted patient</span></p></td><td style="width:14.96%; border-top:1pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; page-break-after:avoid; line-height:115%; font-size:10pt"><span>69.45</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>