What are 'Kidney and bladder' services?
Hospital treatment for the investigation and treatment of the kidney, adrenal gland and bladder. For example: kidney stones, adrenal gland tumour and incontinence.
- Dialysis is listed separately under Dialysis for chronic kidney failure.
- Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer is listed separately under Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer.
Which level of Hospital cover includes these services?
To find out which level of Hospital cover includes kidney and bladder, please refer to our Hospital Comparison Table.
What MBS item numbers are included in the kidder and bladder category?
Please refer to privatehealth.gov.au for MBS item numbers that are included in the 'kidney and bladder' services category.
Important, please note.
The MBS item numbers listed will attract benefits from HIF provided that (a) the code forms part of a hospital inpatient admission; (b) the Member holds an eligible Hospital Cover product; and (c) the Member has served the necessary waiting periods. To search for more information on a particular item code, simply copy and paste the code into Medicare's online search function.