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MBS items change. Verify the current descriptor, fee, and rules on MBS Online before billing. This page does not include a fee amount. Last reviewed 2 May 2026.

  • Chronic disease management
  • General Practitioner

Item 92027

GP contribution to a multidisciplinary care plan (RACF / hospital discharge, video telehealth)

Video attendance by a general practitioner contributing to (a) a multidisciplinary care plan for a patient in a residential aged care facility, prepared by that facility, or 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. Video-telehealth equivalent of in-person item 731. No phone equivalent.

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. All requirements for in-person item 731 (plan prepared by RACF or discharging hospital / another provider, GP non-specialist).
  2. Service must be by videoconference — a clinically appropriate audio + visual link must be used; phone-only does not satisfy 92027.
  3. An established clinical relationship with the patient is required for telehealth delivery.
  4. Patient must not have received a GP chronic condition management plan service (965 / 967 / 92029 / 92030) within the preceding 3 months.
  5. 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.

  • All documentation elements required by item 731 (lead provider identification, setting confirmation, GP contribution, communication evidence, GPCCMP exclusion confirmation, frequency-cap dates).
  • Modality — videoconference, with confirmation that audio + visual link was clinically appropriate.
  • Established clinical relationship — date the patient was first seen by this GP, or the most recent prior face-to-face attendance.
  • Any adaptations made for the telehealth context.

Common audit failures

Patterns the Professional Services Review scheme and Medicare audits flag.

  • Phone-only attendance billed as 92027 — 92027 requires audio + video.
  • Item billed for a patient with no established clinical relationship with the claiming GP.
  • Item 92027 claimed within 3 months of a 965 / 967 / 92029 / 92030 claim for the same patient.
  • Item billed for a non-RACF, non-hospital-discharge patient — should be 92026.
  • Item billed by a specialist or consultant physician.

Related MBS items

In-depth reading in the Library

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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