GP contribution to a multidisciplinary care plan (non-RACF, face-to-face)

Contribution by a general practitioner to a multidisciplinary care plan prepared for a patient by another provider, OR to a review of such a plan, where the patient is not a resident of an aged care facility. Face-to-face attendance. The legacy collaborative-care pathway that operated alongside the (now retired) Team Care Arrangement (item 723); 729 continues to operate post-1 July 2025 for scenarios where another provider holds the plan. Telehealth video equivalent is item 92026.

Plain-English summary. See MBS Online for the verbatim descriptor of each item.

Time

Not specified

Frequency

Once per 3-month period (exceptions for significant clinical changes documented as exceptional circumstances).

Referral

Not required

Profession

General Practitioner

Requirements to bill

Conditions imposed by the descriptor that must be met to claim this item.

1A multidisciplinary care plan must already have been prepared for the patient by another provider — 729 is a contribution item, not a preparation item.
2Patient must NOT be a resident of an aged care facility (use item 731 if RACF or hospital discharge).
3GP must be a non-specialist, non-consultant-physician medical practitioner.
4Service must be face-to-face (telehealth video equivalent is 92026).
5Patient must not have received a GP chronic condition management plan service (965 / 967 / 92029 / 92030) within the preceding 12 months — the GPCCMP framework excludes 729 contribution claims during the same care episode.
6Service must not have been associated with items 235–240, 735, 739, 743, 747, 750, or 758 (case-conference items).
7At least 3 months must have elapsed since the previous 729 / 92026 claim, unless exceptional circumstances apply.

Your notes must show

Documentation tests — what clinical notes need to demonstrate to survive a PSR audit.

Identification of the multidisciplinary care plan being contributed to — the lead provider, the date the plan was prepared, and the patient's clinical context.
The GP's specific clinical contribution — what assessment, recommendation, or coordination input the GP brought to the plan or review.
Communication evidence — letter, secure message, or documented phone exchange with the lead provider (or the multidisciplinary team) confirming the contribution was received.
Confirmation that the patient is not in residential aged care and is not within a hospital admission (use 731 in those cases).
Confirmation that no GPCCMP service (965 / 967 / 92029 / 92030) has been claimed for this patient in the preceding 12 months.
Date of the previous 729 / 92026 claim (if any) — must be more than 3 months ago, or exceptional circumstances must be documented.

Common audit failures

Patterns the Professional Services Review scheme and Medicare audits flag.

Item 729 claimed within 12 months of a 965 / 967 / 92029 / 92030 claim for the same patient — this exclusion is automatically rejected.
Item claimed within 3 months of the previous 729 / 92026 claim without exceptional-circumstances documentation.
No evidence of contribution — note reads as a routine consultation rather than input to a multidisciplinary plan.
No identification of the lead provider who prepared the plan.
Item billed for a RACF resident or for a contribution to a hospital-discharge plan — those scenarios use 731.
Item billed by a specialist or consultant physician — 729 is GP-only (non-specialist).

Related MBS items

965

GP Chronic Condition Management Plan — preparation

967

GP Chronic Condition Management Plan — review (face-to-face)

731

GP contribution to a multidisciplinary care plan (RACF / hospital discharge, face-to-face)

231

PMP contribution to a multidisciplinary care plan (non-RACF, face-to-face)

92026

GP contribution to a multidisciplinary care plan (non-RACF, video telehealth)

Templates that document this item

Note templates inside Grounded Scribe that produce documentation aligned to this MBS item.

GP Chronic Condition Management Plan (965)

GP Chronic Condition Management Plan (MBS item 965) for patients with chronic and complex conditions. Documents the diagnoses, agreed goals, patient and GP actions, services from other providers, and a mandatory review date. Structured to satisfy the post-1-Jul-2025 GPCCMP framework that replaced the legacy GPMP (721) and TCA (723) items, and to support the patient's ongoing chronic care.

In-depth reading in the Library

Medicare Audit-Ready Documentation: A GP's Guide to MBS Item Number Compliance

Professional Services Review audits can result in repayment demands, exclusion from Medicare, and public referral. Your clinical notes are the primary evidence in any PSR investigation. This guide details exactly what your documentation must contain to withstand scrutiny.

Source authority

Documentation tests on this page reference the descriptor conditions and PSR-audit patterns covered in our existing Library guides. Always confirm current rules against the official descriptor.

Item 729 on MBS Online

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