R460 – Tibial stapling - both sides

Cancelled Surgery (Assistant): If the anaesthetic has begun but the operation is cancelled prior to commencement of surgery and the assistant has scrubbed but is not required to do anything further, the service is payable as E006B with 6 basic units plus time units. If the operation is cancelled after surgery has commenced, the amount payable is calculated by adding the listed procedural basic units plus time units.

Cancelled Surgery (Anaesthetist): If an anaesthesiologist examines a patient prior to surgery and the surgery is cancelled prior to the induction of anaesthesia, the service rendered constitutes a hospital subsequent visit. When an anaesthetic has begun but the operation is cancelled prior to commencement of surgery, the service constitutes E006C with 6 basic units plus time units.