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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
  • Prescribed Medical Practitioner

Item 92057

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

Video attendance by a prescribed medical practitioner (PMP) contributing to a multidisciplinary care plan prepared by another provider, or to a review of such a plan, where the patient is not a resident of an aged care facility. Video-telehealth equivalent of in-person item 231. PMP-only — not for GPs (use 92026), specialists, or consultant physicians. 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
  • ProfessionPrescribed Medical Practitioner

Requirements to bill

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

  1. All requirements for in-person item 231 (multidisciplinary plan prepared by another provider, non-RACF patient, PMP — not GP, specialist, or consultant physician).
  2. Service must be by videoconference — a clinically appropriate audio + visual link must be used.
  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 12 months — the GPCCMP framework excludes 92057 contribution claims during the same care episode.
  5. At least 3 months must have elapsed since the previous 231 / 92057 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 231 (lead provider identification, PMP contribution, communication evidence, frequency-cap dates).
  • Modality — videoconference, with confirmation that audio + visual link was clinically appropriate.
  • Confirmation that the practitioner billing is a prescribed medical practitioner (not a GP, specialist, or consultant physician).
  • Established clinical relationship — date the patient was first seen by this PMP, or the most recent prior face-to-face attendance.

Common audit failures

Patterns the Professional Services Review scheme and Medicare audits flag.

  • Phone-only attendance billed as 92057 — 92057 requires audio + video.
  • Item 92057 claimed by a GP — should be 92026.
  • Item 92057 claimed by a specialist or consultant physician — neither is eligible.
  • Item billed for a RACF resident or hospital-discharge planning — those scenarios use 92058.
  • Item billed for a patient with no established clinical relationship with the claiming PMP.

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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