Can I Bill These Together? — MBS Conflict Checker for GPs
🧒 Healthy Kids Check (3-year-olds, planned from 1 Nov 2026): billed with the existing health assessment items 701–707 (GP) and 224–227 (prescribed medical practitioner). The Services Australia Budget sheet states no change to co-claiming restrictions, so the health-assessment rules below apply. Guide →
📋 Source: MBS Book July 2026 (explanatory notes AN.0.7, AN.0.47, AN.0.56, AN.0.71, GN.14.36). AskMBS Advisory #2. Items 721/723/732 ceased Jul 2025. Items 2712/2713 ceased Nov 2025. Verify at mbsonline.gov.au.
Select two MBS items — see instantly if they can be billed on the same day and which rule applies.
MBS July 2026CliniciansAU
Quick reference only. Rules change — always verify at MBS Online. Covers common GP combinations only. Complex queries: MBS helpline 13 21 50. MBS Book July 2026
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📌 Key billing rules
All rules from MBS Book July 2026 explanatory notes. MBS Book July 2026
⛔ Consult + CDM = NOAN.0.47 Items 965, 967, 392, 393 cannot be claimed on the same day as a general attendance item (3/23/36/44 or telehealth equivalents). The CDM item includes the attendance component.
✅ Consult + MHTP = possibleAN.0.56 A MHTP (2715/2717) and a standard attendance CAN be co-claimed — but both must be clinically relevant, distinct services, and procedure time must not overlap consultation time.
⏱ Time must not overlapAN.0.7 When two services are billed on the same day, the time for the second service must NOT be included in the consultation time.
🔁 Two consults same day = possible but strictAN.0.7 You can bill two attendances on the same day if genuinely separate, with a reasonable lapse of time. Record the time of each.
🩹 Aftercare — you can’t bill your ownAN.0.71 You cannot claim a general attendance item for aftercare if you performed the procedure.
💰 Multiple operations ruleMBS Book Highest-fee procedure pays 100%, subsequent procedures are reduced. Diagnostic items (ECG, spirometry) are NOT subject to this rule.