
These changes are a result of the MBS Review Taskforce recommendations and extensive consultation with all key stakeholders.
The changes:
- ensure services are clinically appropriate
- reflect modern clinical practice
- improve quality of care and safety for patients.
Summary of what’s changing:
- General surgery – 35 new items, 50 amended items and 73 deleted items
- Orthopaedic surgery – 168 new items, 280 amended items, 9 deleted items and 137 superseded items
- Cardiac surgery– 39 new items, 92 amended items and 59 deleted items.
Next steps
More information is available at MBS Online: