Nurse Practitioners

Items

Descriptions

Limitations

57509

x-ray - hand, wrist, forearm, elbow or humerus

57515

x-ray - hand and wrist, hand wrist and forearm, forearm and elbow and elbow and humerus

57521

x-ray - foot, ankle, leg, knee or femur - cannot refer for combination lower extremity

58503

x-ray - chest

58506

x-ray - chest with fluoroscopic screening

58509

x-ray - thoracic inlet or trachea

58521

x-ray - left ribs, right ribs or sternum

58524

x-ray - left and right ribs, left ribs and sternum, or right ribs and sternum

58527

x-ray - left ribs, right ribs and sternum

55036

ultrasound - abdomen and urinary tract

55070

ultrasound - breast 1 side only

55076

ultrasound - breast both sides

55768

ultrasound – pregnancy over 22 weeks multiple pregnancy
PELVIS OR ABDOMEN, pregnancy related or pregnancy complication, fetal development and anatomy, ultrasound scan of, by any or all approaches, where:
(a) dating of the pregnancy (as confirmed by ultrasound) is after 22 weeks of gestation; and
(b) the ultrasound confirms a multiple pregnancy; and
(c) the patient is referred by a medical practitioner; and
(d) the service is not performed in the same pregnancy as item 55770; and
(e) the service is not associated with a service to which an item in Subgroups 2 or 3 of this group applies; and
(f) the referring practitioner is not a member of a group of practitioners of which the providing practitioner is a member; and
(g) the service is not performed in conjunction with item 55718 or 55721 during the same pregnancy

 only 1 per pregnancy