Health Insurance (Duplex Scanning for
Erectile Dysfunction) Amendment Determination 2011 (No. 1)
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I, RICHARD BARTLETT, delegate of the Minister for Health and Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
 
 
Dated 2 May 2011
 
 
 
RICHARD BARTLETT
DELEGATE OF THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGEING
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contents
  
 
1          Name of Determination                                                         3       
   2          Commencement                                                                     3       
   3        Amendment of Health Insurance (Duplex Scanning for
            Erectile Dysfunction) Determination 2010 No. 1                   3
 
Schedule 1      Amendments                                                                 4
 
 
1.               Name of Determination
This Determination is the Health Insurance (Duplex Scanning for Erectile Dysfunction) Amendment Determination 2011 (No. 1).
2.               Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 July 2011. 
3.               Amendment
Schedule 1 of this Determination amends the Health Insurance (Duplex Scanning for Erectile Dysfunction) Determination 2010 (No. 1).
 
Schedule 1       Amendment to the Health Insurance (Duplex Scanning for
Erectile Dysfunction) Determination 2010 No. 1
 
[1]     Section 5
Delete “and” after “medical services” in paragraph (a)
[2]     Section 5
Insert “and” at the end of paragraph (b)and insert new paragraph (c) “shall have effect as if items referred to in Schedule 1 of this Determination were also specified as items in Group I1 of the Schedule to the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Capital Sensitivity) Determination 2011 as in force from time to time.”
[3]     Schedule 1 after item 55211
       Insert
 
55209
DUPLEX SCANNING involving B mode ultrasound imaging and integrated Doppler flow measurement by spectral analysis of cavernosal artery of the penis following intracavernosal administration of a vasoactive agent, performed during the period of pharmacological activity of the injected agent to confirm a diagnosis of vascular aetiology for impotence (R)(NK).
 
A fee equal to the fee in item 55230 of the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Capital Sensitivity) Determination 2011 as specified in that item from time to time.

55212
DUPLEX SCANNING involving B model ultrasound imaging and integrated Doppler flow measurement by spectral analysis of cavernosal tissue of the penis to confirm a diagnosis and, where indicated, assess the progress and management of: (a) priapism; or (b) fibrosis of any type; or (c) fracture of the tunica; or (d) arteriovenous malformations (R)(NK).
A fee equal to the fee in item 55232of the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Capital Sensitivity) Determination 2011 as specified in that item from time to time.