An in-hospital procedure is one that is performed on a patient who has been admitted to an approved hospital or day stay facility. This may also be referred to as an inpatient procedure. Medicare rebates for in-hospital procedures are 75% of the schedule fee while out-of-hospital procedures attract an 85% rebate. Virtually all procedures performed by anaesthetists are in-hospital procedures, including endoscopy procedures. The main exceptions are out-of-hospital consultations, for which an additional item may be applicable (17690). See also teleconferences.

 

In Access Anaesthetics, in- or out-of-hospital status is recorded on the Operation page. Any hospital or other location in the hospitals lookup table can be designated as an in- or out-of-hospital facility. This will determine the rebate that is calculated by the system. Individualitems on the Items page may be separately designated as in- or out-of-hospital, by double clicking the asterisk in the top left of the item number field.