The Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule listing, with schedule fee and plain-English explanation. Last updated 4 October 2026.
A continuous ambulatory blood pressure recording (ABPM) for 24 hours or more, for a patient who has not yet started antihypertensive treatment and whose clinic blood pressure falls in the range where ABPM is useful for confirming the diagnosis. The recording must include resting blood pressure, use microprocessor-based analysis, and be interpreted and reported by a medical practitioner, with a treatment plan provided. It applies once in any 12-month period.
The criteria are expanded to include children and adolescents aged 5 to under 18: measurements, on consecutive clinic visits, of systolic or diastolic blood pressure between the 95th percentile and the 95th percentile minus 30 mmHg, based on limits appropriate to the patient’s age, sex and height. The adult thresholds are unchanged: clinic systolic 140–180 mmHg or diastolic 90–110 mmHg. The exclusion list also now includes the four new phone chronic condition items (92033, 92034, 92063, 92064).
Schedule fee: $123.20 (unchanged). Medicare benefit: 85% of the fee, $104.75. Frequency: once in any 12-month period. Not claimable in association with ambulatory ECG recording, or with a long list of items including the health assessments (701–707, 224–228), heart health assessments (699, 177), chronic condition management items (965, 967, 92029, 92030, 92033, 92034 and the prescribed medical practitioner equivalents) and others — see the full descriptor on MBS Online. See our ABPM billing guide.
The item is expanded to include children and adolescents aged 5 to under 18, using percentile-based clinic blood pressure thresholds for age, sex and height. The fee and the adult thresholds are unchanged.
The schedule fee is $123.20 and Medicare pays 85% of it, $104.75.
Once in any 12-month period.