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• Orthopaedic surgery – 168 new items, 280 amended items, 9 deleted items and 137 superseded items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:

• General surgery fact sheet
• Orthopaedic surgery fact sheet
• Modernising Cardiac surgical services fact sheet.