MBS Item

Item 226 — Prescribed Medical Practitioner Long Health Assessment (45 to under 60 minutes)

The current Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule listing, with schedule fee and plain-English explanation.

Schedule fee (Jul 2026)
A$182.15
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Category
Health assessment (prescribed medical practitioner)

What Item 226 is used for

The prescribed medical practitioner (PMP) equivalent of item 705: a time-tiered health assessment for eligible patients, 45 to under 60 minutes of face-to-face time. Time bands and eligibility criteria follow the GP series (701–707); the fee is lower than the GP equivalent ($182.15 here against $227.75 for item 705). There is no PMP version of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health assessment (715), and other medical practitioners (OMPs) cannot claim health assessment items.

From 1 November 2026 (subject to legislation — confirm on MBS Online) items 224–227 are also used for the Medicare Healthy Kids Check: a once-per-child, lifetime health assessment for Medicare-eligible 3-year-olds, with no change to descriptors, fees or co-claiming restrictions.

Source: MBS Book (Australian Government Department of Health) — indexed to the 1 July 2026 fee update. Verify the current descriptor and any restriction wording against MBS Online before billing.

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Item 705 — GP equivalent Item 224 — PMP brief Item 225 — PMP standard Item 227 — PMP prolonged Medicare Healthy Kids Check guide (3-year-olds)
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