What are 'Joint reconstructions' services?
Hospital treatment for surgery for joint reconstructions. For example: torn tendons, rotator cuff tears and damaged ligaments.
- Joint replacements are listed separately under Joint replacements.
- Bone fractures are listed separately under Bone, joint and muscle.
- Procedures to the spinal column are listed separately under Back, neck and spine.
- Podiatric surgery performed by a registered podiatric surgeon is listed separately under Podiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon).
Which level of Hospital cover includes these services?
To find out which level of Hospital cover includes joint reconstructions, please refer to our Hospital Comparison Table.
What MBS item numbers are included in the joint reconstructions category?
Please refer to privatehealth.gov.au for MBS item numbers that are included in the 'Joint reconstructions' services category.
Important, please note.
The MBS item numbers listed will attract benefits from HIF provided that:
(a) the MBS item number forms part of a hospital inpatient admission;
(b) the Member holds an eligible Hospital Cover product which includes the clinical category that the MBS item relates to;
(c) the Member has served the necessary waiting periods; and
(d) the Membership is financial at the date of service.
To search for more information on a particular MBS item number, simply copy and paste the MBS item number into the Private Health website which will advise the clinical category of the MBS item number.