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  • Chronic disease management
  • General Practitioner

Item 731

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

Contribution by a general practitioner to (a) a multidisciplinary care plan for a patient in a residential aged care facility, prepared by that facility, or to a review of such a plan; or (b) a multidisciplinary care plan prepared for a patient by another provider before the patient is discharged from a hospital, or to a review of such a plan. Face-to-face attendance. Telehealth video equivalent is item 92027.

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

  • TimeNot specified
  • FrequencyOnce per 3-month period (exceptions for significant clinical changes documented as exceptional circumstances).
  • ReferralNot required
  • ProfessionGeneral Practitioner

Requirements to bill

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

  1. A multidisciplinary care plan must already have been prepared by another provider — 731 is a contribution item, not a preparation item.
  2. Patient must be either a resident of an aged care facility OR have a plan prepared in connection with a hospital discharge.
  3. GP must be a non-specialist, non-consultant-physician medical practitioner.
  4. Service must be face-to-face (telehealth video equivalent is 92027).
  5. Patient must not have received a GP chronic condition management plan service (965 / 967 / 92029 / 92030) within the preceding 3 months — the GPCCMP framework excludes 731 contribution claims during the same care episode.
  6. At least 3 months must have elapsed since the previous 731 / 92027 claim, unless exceptional circumstances apply.

Your notes must show

Documentation tests — what clinical notes need to record to match what the item asks.

  • Identification of the lead provider who prepared the plan (RACF, discharging hospital, or another medical provider) and the date of preparation.
  • Setting confirmation — RACF resident (with facility name) OR hospital-discharge planning (with admission and discharge dates).
  • The GP's specific clinical contribution — assessment, recommendation, prescribing, or coordination input added to the plan.
  • Communication evidence — written or documented contribution provided to the lead provider or care team.
  • Confirmation that no GPCCMP service has been claimed for this patient in the preceding 3 months.
  • Date of the previous 731 / 92027 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 731 claimed within 3 months of a 965 / 967 / 92029 / 92030 claim for the same patient.
  • Item claimed for a non-RACF, non-hospital-discharge patient — those scenarios use 729.
  • Item claimed within 3 months of the previous 731 / 92027 claim without exceptional-circumstances documentation.
  • No evidence of contribution — note reads as a routine RACF visit (item 20-series) without specific input to the multidisciplinary plan.
  • No identification of the lead provider who prepared the plan.
  • Item billed by a specialist or consultant physician — 731 is GP-only.

Related MBS items

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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.

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