Medical Aid - Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs)

All Medical Schemes are mandated as per the Medical Schemes Act to adhere to the list below. The 270 Diagnosis and Treatment Pairs and the list of Chronic Conditions covered are reviewed from time to time by all stakeholders.

Diagnosis and Treatment Pairs constituting the Prescribed Minimum Benefits Package under Section 29(1)(o) of the Medical Schemes Act (as listed in Annexure A of the Act)

Please find the the specific PMBs and Chronic Conditions below, listed by Organ-System chapter.

Brain and Nervous System

CODE:

906A

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE GENERALISED PARALYSIS, INCLUDING POLIO AND GUILLAIN-BARRE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION AND PLASMAPHERESIS




CODE:

341A

DIAGNOSIS:

BASAL GANGLIA, EXTRA-PYRAMIDAL DISORDERS; OTHER DYSTONIAS NOS

TREATMENT:

INITIAL DIAGNOSIS; INITIATION OF MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

950A

DIAGNOSIS:

BENIGN AND MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOURS, TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY




CODE:

49A

DIAGNOSIS:

COMPOUND/DEPRESSED FRACTURES OF SKULL

TREATMENT:

CRANIOTOMY/CRANIECTOMY




CODE:

213A

DIAGNOSIS:

DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING, EATING, SWALLOWING, BOWEL, OR BLADDER CONTROL DUE TO NON-PROGRESSIVE NEUROLOGICAL (INCLUDING SPINAL) CONDITION OR INJURY

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

83A

DIAGNOSIS:

ENCEPHALOCELE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS

TREATMENT:

SHUNT; SURGERY




CODE:

902A

DIAGNOSIS:

EPILEPSY (STATUS EPILEPTICUS, INITIAL DIAGNOSIS, CANDIDATE FOR NEUROSURGERY)

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION; NEUROSURGERY




CODE:

211A

DIAGNOSIS:

INTRASP1NAL AND INTRACRANIAL ABSCESS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

905A

DIAGNOSIS:

MENINGITIS - ACUTE AND SUBACUTE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

513A

DIAGNOSIS:

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEURO-MYOPATHIES NOS

TREATMENT:

INITIAL DIAGNOSIS; INITIATION OF MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; THERAPY FOR ACUTE COMPLICATIONS AND EXACERBATIONS




CODE:

510A

DIAGNOSIS:

PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY WITH OPEN WOUND

TREATMENT:

NEUROPLASTY




CODE:

940A

DIAGNOSIS:

REVERSIBLE CNS ABNORMALITIES DUE TO OTHER SYSTEMIC DISEASE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

1A

DIAGNOSIS:

SEVERE/MODERATE HEAD INJURY: HEMATOMA/EDEMA WiTH LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

MA

DIAGNOSIS:

SPINA BIFIDA

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

941A

DIAGNOSIS:

SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION, ISHAEMIA OR DEGENERATIVE DISEASE NOS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

901A

DIAGNOSIS:

STROKE - DUE TO HAEMORRHAGE, OR ISCHAEMIA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY




CODE:

28A

DIAGNOSIS:

SUBARACHNOID AND INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE/HEMATOMA; COMPRESSION OF BRAIN

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

305A

DIAGNOSIS:

TETANUS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

265A

DIAGNOSIS:

TRANSIENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; LIFE-THREATENING CEREBROVASCULAR CONDITIONS NOS

TREATMENT:

EVALUATION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY




CODE:

109A

DAGNOSIS:

VERTEBRAL DISLOCATIONS/FRACTURES, OPEN OR CLOSED WITH INJURY TO SPINAL CORD

TREATMENT:

REPAIR/RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; INPATIENT REHABILITATION UP TO 2 MONTHS




CODE:

684A

DIAGNOSIS:

VIRAL MENINGITIS, ENCEPHAUTIS, MYELITIS AND ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

CODE:

47B

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE ORBITAL CELLULITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

394B

DIAGNOSIS:

ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA

TREATMENT:

IRIDECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

586B

DIAGNOSIS:

BELL'S PALSY; EXPOSURE KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS

TREATMENT:

TARSORRHAPHY; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

950B

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF EYE & ORBIT - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY




CODE:

901 B

DIAGNOSIS:

CATARACT; APHAKIA

TREATMENT:

EXTRACTION OF CATARACT; LENS IMPLANT




CODE:

911B

DIAGNOSIS:

CORNEAL ULCER; SUPERFICIAL INJURY OF EYE AND ADNEXA

TREATMENT:

CONJUNCTIVAL FLAP; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

4058

DIAGNOSIS:

GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH DISORDERS OF THE LENS

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

386B

DIAGNOSIS:

HERPES ZOSTER & HERPES SIMPLEX WITH OPHTHALMIC COMPLICATIONS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

389B

DIAGNOSIS:

HYPHEMA

TREATMENT:

REMOVAL OF BLOOD CLOT; OBSERVATION




CODE:

4858

DIAGNOSIS:

INFLAMMATION OF LACRIMAL PASSAGES

TREATMENT:

INCISION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

909B

DIAGNOSIS:

OPEN WOUND OF EYEBALL AND OTHER EYE STRUCTURES

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

407B

DIAGNOSIS:

PRIMARY AND OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA WITH FAILED MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

TREATMENT:

TRABECULECTOMY; OTHER SURGERY




CODE:

4198

DIAGNOSIS:

PURULENT ENDOPHTHALMITIS

TREATMENT:

VITRECTOMY




CODE:

922B

DIAGNOSIS:

RETAINED INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

904B

DIAGNOSIS:

RETINAL DETACHMENT, TEAR AND OTHER RETINAL DISORDERS

TREATMENT:

VITRECTOMY; LASER TREATMENT; OTHER SURGERY




CODE:

906B

DIAGNOSIS:

RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSION; CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION

TREATMENT:

LASER SURGERY




CODE:

4098

DIAGNOSIS:

SYMPATHETIC UVEITIS AND DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS AND CONDITIONS OF GLOBE; SIGHT THREATENING THYROID OPTOPATHY

TREATMENT:

ENUCLEATION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY

Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat

CODE:

33C

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE AND CHRONIC MASTOIDITIS

TREATMENT:

MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

482C

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING MYRINGOTOMY




CODE:

900C

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, INCLUDING CROUP, EPIGLOTTITIS AND ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; INTUBATION; TRACHEOSTOMY




CODE:

950C

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF ORAL CAVITY, PHARYNX, NOSE, EAR, AND LARYNX - TREATABLE.

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

241C

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCRUM ORIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

38C

DIAGNOSIS:

CHOANAL ATRESIA

TREATMENT:

REPAIR OF CHOANAL ATRESIA




CODE:

133C

DIAGNOSIS:

CHOLESTEATOMA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

910C

DIAGNOSIS:

CHRONIC UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, RESULTING IN CORPULMONALE

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

901C

DIAGNOSIS:

CLEFT PALATE AND/OR CLEFT LIP WITHOUT AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION

TREATMENT:

REPAIR




CODE:

12C

DIAGNOSIS:

DEEP OPEN WOUND OF NECK, INCLUDING LARYNX; FRACTURE OF LARYNX OR TRACHEA, OPEN

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

346C

DIAGNOSIS:

EPISTAXIS - NOT RESPONSIVE TO ANTERIOR PACKING

TREATMENT:

CAUIERY / REPAIR / CONTROL HEMORRHAGE




CODE:

521C

DIAGNOSIS:

FOREIGN BODY IN EAR & NOSE

TREATMENT:

REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY; AND MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

29C

DIAGNOSIS:

FOREIGN BODY IN PHARYNX, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHUS & ESOPHAGUS

TREATMENT:

REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY




CODE:

339C

DIAGNOSIS:

FRACTURE OF FACE BONES, ORBIT, JAW; INJURY TO OPTIC AND OTHER CRANIAL NERVES

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

219C

DIAGNOSIS:

LEUKOPLAKIA OF ORAL MUCOSA, INCLUDING TONGUE

TREATMENT:

INCISION/EXCISION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT.




CODE:

132C

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES OF PHARYNX NOS, INCLUDING RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

457C

DIAGNOSIS:

OPEN WOUND OF EAR-DRUM

TREATMENT:

TYMPANOPLASTY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

240C

DIAGNOSIS:

PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS

TREATMENT:

INCISION AND DRAINAGE OF ABSCESS; TONSILLECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

347C

DIAGNOSIS:

SIALOADENITIS; ABSCESS / FISTULA OF SALIVARY GLANDS

TREATMENT:

SURGERY




CODE:

543C

DIAGNOSIS:

STOMATITIS, CELLULITIS AND ABSCESS OF ORAL SOFT TISSUE; VINCENTS ANGINA

TREATMENT:

INCISION AND DRAINAGE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

Respiratory System

CODE:

903D

DIAGNOSIS:

BACTERIAL, VIRAL, FUNGAL PNEUMONIA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, VENTILATION.




CODE:

158D

DIAGNOSIS:

# RESPIRATORY FAILURE, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE

TREATMENT:

# MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; OXYGEN; VENTILATION




CODE:

157D

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE ASTHMATIC AUACK; PNEUMONIA DUE TO RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS IN PERSONS UNDER AGE 3

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

125D

DIAGNOSIS:

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; INHALATION AND ASPIRATION PNEUMONIAS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

315D

DIAGNOSIS:

ATELECTASIS (COLLAPSE OF LUNG)

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

MOD

DIAGNOSIS:

BENIGN NEOPLASM OF RESPIRATORY AND INTRATHORACIC ORGANS

TREATMENT:

BIOPSY; LOBECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

950D

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF LUNG, BRONCHUS, PLEURA, TRACHEA, MEDIASTINUM & OTHER RESPIRATORY ORGANS -TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

1 7OD

DIAGNOSIS:

EMPYEMA AND ABSCESS OF LUNG

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

934D

DIAGNOSIS:

FRANK HAEMOPTYISIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

2O3D

DIAGNOSIS:

HYPOPLASIA AND DYSPLASIA OF LUNG

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

900D

DIAGNOSIS:

OPEN FRACTURE OF RIBS AND STERNUM; MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES; FLAIL CHEST

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, VENTILATION




CODE:

SD

DIAGNOSIS:

PNEUMOTHORAX AND HAEMOTHORAX.

TREATMENT:

TUBE THORACOSTOMY / THORACOTOMY

Heart and Vasculature

CODE:

155E

DIAGNOSIS:

MYOCARDITIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME.

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; CARDIAC TRANSPLANT




CODE:

108E

DIAGNOSIS:

PERICARDITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

907E

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE AND SUBACUTE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, INCLUDING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND UNSTABLE ANGINA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS PROCEDURES




CODE:

284E

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE PULMONARY HEART DISEASE AND PULMONARY EMBOLI

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

35E

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

908E

DIAGNOSIS:

ANEURYSM OF MAJOR ARTERY OF CHEST, ABDOMENI NECK, -UNRUPTURED OR RUPTURED NOS

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

26E

DIAGNOSIS:

ARTERIAL EMBOLISM/THROMBOSIS: ABDOMINAL AORTA, THORAC1C AORTA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

204E

DIAGNOSIS:

CARDIAC FAILURE: ACUTE OR RECENT DETERIORATION OF CHRONIC CARDIAC FAILURE

TREATMENT:

MEDICALTREATMENT




CODE:

98E

DIAGNOSIS:

COMPLETE, CORRECTED AND OTHER TRANSPOSTION OF GREAT VESSELS

TREATMENT:

REPAIR




CODE:

97E

DIAGNOSIS:

CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY

TREATMENT:

ANOMALOUS CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION




CODE:

309E

DIAGNOSIS:

DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF AORTIC VALVE NOS

TREATMENT:

AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT




CODE:

210E

DIAGNOSIS:

DISEASES OF ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOCARDITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

314E

DIAGNOSIS:

DISEASES OF MITRAL VALVE

TREATMENT:

VALVULOPLASTY; VALVE REPLACEMENT; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

902E

DIAGNOSIS:

DISORDERS OF ARTERIES: VISCERAL

TREATMENT:

BYPASS GRAFT; SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

18E

DIAGNOSIS:

DISSECTING OR RUPTURED AORTIC ANEURYSM

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

915E

DIAGNOSIS:

GANGRENE; SEVERE ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF ARTERIES OF EXTREMITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS WITH PERIPHERAL CIRCULATORY DISEASE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT INCLUDING AMPUTATION




CODE:

294E

DIAGNOSIS:

GIANT CELL ARTERITIS, KAWASAKI DISEASE, HYPERSENSITIVITY ANGIITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

450E

DIAGNOSIS:

HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA

TREATMENT:

EXCISION




CODE:

901E

DIAGNOSIS:

HYPERTENSION - ACUTE LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS AND MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS AND OTHER CURABLE HYPERTENSION

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

111E

DIAGNOSIS:

INJURY TO MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS - TRUNK, HEAD AND NECK, AND UPPER LIMBS

TREATMENT:

REPAIR




CODE:

19E

DIAGNOSIS:

INJURY TO MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS OF EXTREMITIES

TREATMENT:

LIGATION




CODE:

903E

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, PACEMAKERS, CARDIOVERSION




CODE:

900E

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS OF ELECTIVE CARDIAC AND MAJOR VASCULAR PROCEDURES

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

497E

DIAGNOSIS:

MULTIPLE VALVULAR DISEASE

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

355E

DIAGNOSIS:

OTHER ANEURYSM OF ARTERY - PERIPHERAL

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

905E

DIAGNOSIS:

OTHER CORRECTABLE CONGENITAL CARDIAC CONDITIONS

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL REPA!R; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

100E

DIAGNOSIS:

PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; AORTIC PULMONARY FISTULA - PERSISTENT

TREATMENT:

LIGATION




CODE:

209E

DIAGNOSIS:

PHLEBITIS & THROMBOPHLEBITIS, DEEP

TREATMENT:

LIGATION AND DIVISION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

914E

DIAGNOSIS:

RHEUMATIC PERICARDITIS; RHEUMATIC MYOCARDITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

16E

DIAGNOSIS:

RUPTURE OF PAP1LLARY MUSCLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

627E

DIAGNOSIS:

SHOCK / HYPOTENSION - LIFE THREATENING

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

99E

DIAGNOSIS:

TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (TOF)

TREATMENT:

TOTAL REPAIR TETRALOGY




CODE:

93E

DIAGNOSIS:

VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT - PERSISTENT

TREATMENT:

CLOSURE

Gastro-Intestinal System

CODE:

920F

DIAGNOSIS:

ANAL FISSURE; ANAL FISTULA

TREATMENT:

FISSURECTOMY; FISTULECTOMY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

41F

DIAGNOSIS:

ABSCESS OF INTESTINE

TREATMENT:

DRAIN ABSCESS; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

489F

DIAGNOSIS:

ACQUIRED HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS AND OTHER DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

254F

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS OF COLON

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING COLON RESECTION




CODE:

124F

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY OF INTESTINE

TREATMENT:

COLECTOMY




CODE:

337F

DIAGNOSIS:

AMOEBIASIS; TYPHOID

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

264F

DIAGNOSIS:

ANAL AND RECTAL POLYP

TREATMENT:

EXCISION OF POLYP




CODE:

9F

DIAGNOSIS:

APPENDICITIS

TREATMENT:

APPENDECTOMY




CODE:

952F

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF RETROPERITONEUM, PERITONEUM, OMENTUM & MESENTERY - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

950C

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT INCLUDING OESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, BOWEL, RECTUM, ANUS - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY




CODE:

9SF

DIAGNOSIS:

CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF UPPER ALIMENTARY TRACT - EXCLUDING TONGUE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

214F

DIAGNOSIS:

OESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE

TREATMENT:

DILATION; SURGERY




CODE:

S16F

DIAGNOSIS:

ESOPHAGEAL VARICES

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL SHUNT; SCLEROTHERAPY




CODE:

9O2F

DIAGNOSIS:

GASTRIC OR INTESTINAL ULCERS WITH HEMORRHAGE OR PERFORATION

TREATMENT:

SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

901F

DIAGNOSIS:

GASTROENTERITIS AND COLITIS WITH LIFE-THREATENING HAEMORRHAGE OR DEHYDRATION, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

6F

DIAGNOSIS:

HERNIA WITH OBSTRUCTION AND/OR GANGRENE; UNCOMPLICATED HERNIAS UNDER AGE 18

TREATMENT:

REPAIR; BOWEL RESECTION




CODE:

20F

DIAGNOSIS:

INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT MENTION OF HERNIA; SYMPTOMATIC FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH, INTESTINES, COLON & RECTUM

TREATMENT:

EXCISION; SURGERY; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

232F

DIAGNOSIS:

PARALYTIC 1LEUS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

498F

DIAGNOSIS:

PERITONEAL ADHESION

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

3F

DIAGNOSIS:

PERITONITIS, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

555F

DIAGNOSIS:

RECTAL PROLAPSE

TREATMENT:

PARTIAL COLECTOMY




CODE:

292F

DIAGNOSIS:

REGIONAL ENTERITIS; IDIOPATHIC PROCTOCOLITIS - ACUTE EXACCERBATIONS AND COMPLICATIONS ONLY

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

900F

DIAGNOSIS:

RUPURE OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL ORGAN

TREATMENT:

REPAIR; SPLENECTOMY; RESECTION




CODE:

5OYF

DIAGNOSIS:

THROMBOSED AND COMPLICATED HEMORRHOIDS

TREATMENT:

HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; INCISION

Liver, Pancreas and Spleen

CODE:

32SG

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE NECROSIS OF LIVER

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

327G

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE PANCREATITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

36G

DIAGNOSIS:

BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME, AND OTHER VENOUS EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS

TREATMENT:

THROMBECTOMY/LIGATION




CODE:

910G

DIAGNOSIS:

CALCULUS OF BILE DUCT WITH CHOLECYSTITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; OTHER OPEN OR CLOSED SURGERY




CODE:

950G

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF LIVER, BILIARY SYSTEM AND PANCREAS - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

255G

DIAGNOSIS:

CYST AND PSEUDOCYST OF PANCREAS

TREATMENT:

DRAINAGE OF PANCREATIC CYST




CODE:

156G

DIAGNOSIS:

DISORDERS OF BILE DUCT

TREATMENT:

EXCISION; REPAIR




CODE:

910G

DIAGNOSIS:

GALLSTONE WITH CHOLECYSTITIS AND/OR JAUNDICE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; OTHER OPEN OR CLOSED SURGERY




CODE:

743G

DIAGNOSIS:

HEPATORENAL SYNDROME

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENTS




CODE:

27G

DIAGNOSIS:

LIVER ABSCESS; PANCREATIC ABSCESS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

911G

DIAGNOSIS:

LIVER FAILURE; HEPATIC VASCULAR OBSTRUCTION; INBORN ERRORS OF LIVER METABOLISM; BILIARY ATRESIA

TREATMENT:

LIVER TRANSPLANT, OTHER SURGERY, MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

231G

DIAGNOSIS:

PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS

TREATMENT:

SHUNT

Musculoskeletal System: Trauma Nos

CODE:

353H

DIAGNOSIS:

ABSCESS OF BURSA OR TENDON

TREATMENT:

INCISION AND DRAINAGE




CODE:

32H

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

950H

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF BONES - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

206H

DIAGNOSIS:

CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS

TREATMENT:

INCISION & DRAINAGE




CODE:

902H

DIAGNOSIS:

CLOSED FRACTURES/DISLOCATIONS OF LIMB BONES / EPIPHYSES - EXCLUDING FINGERS AND TOES

TREATMENT:

REDUCTION/RELOCATION




CODE:

85H

DIAGNOSIS:

CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF HIP; COXA VARA & VALGA; CONGENITAL CLUBFOOT

TREATMENT:

REPAIR/RECONSTRUCTION




CODE:

147H

DIAGNOSIS:

CRUSH INJURIES OF TRUNK, UPPER LIMBS, LOWER LIMB, INCLUDING BLOOD VESSELS

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION; ACUTE RENAL DIALYSIS




CODE:

491H

DIAGNOSIS:

DISLOCATIONS/FRACTURES OF VERTEBRAL COLUMN WITHOUT SPINAL CORD INJURY

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL STABILISATION




CODE:

500H

DIAGNOSIS:

DISRUPTIONS OF THE ACHILLES / QUADRICEPS TENDONS

TREATMENT:

REPAIR




CODE:

178H

DIAGNOSIS:

FRACTURE OF HIP

TREATMENT:

REDUCTION; HIP REPLACEMENT




CODE:

445H

DIAGNOSIS:

INJURY TO INTERNAL ORGANS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

900H

DIAGNOSIS:

OPEN FRACTURE/DISLOCATION OF BONES OR JOINTS

TREATMENT:

REDUCTION/RELOCATION; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

34H

DIAGNOSIS:

PYOGENIC ARTHRITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

901H

DIAGNOSIS:

TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION OF LIMBS, HANDS, FEET, AND DIGITS

TREATMENT:

REPLANTATION/AMPUTATION

Skin and Breast

CODE:

465J

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE LYMPHADENITIS

TREATMENT:

INCISION AND DRAINAGE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

900J

DIAGNOSIS:

BURNS, GREATER THAN 10% OF BODY SURFACE, OR MORE THAN 5% INVOLVING HEAD, NECK, HANDS, PERINEUM

TREATMENT:

DEBRIDEMENT; FREE SKIN GRAFT; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

950J

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF BREAST - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

954J

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF SKIN, EXCLUDING MALIGNANT MELANOMA - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

IF HISTOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY.




CODE:

952J

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF SOFT TISSUE, INCLUDING SARCOMAS AND MALIGNANCIES OF THE ADNEXA -TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

349J

DIAGNOSIS:

CELLULITIS AND ABSCESSES WITH RISK OF ORGAN OR LIMB DAMAGE OR SEPTICEMIA IF UNTREATED; NECROTISING FASCIITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

901J

DIAGNOSIS:

DISSEMINATED BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE, INCLUDING PEMPHIGUS, PEMPHIGOID, EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, EPIDERMOLYTIC HYPERKERATOSIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

951J

DIAGNOSIS:

LETHAL MIDLINE GRANULOMA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

953J

DIAGNOSIS:

MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF SKIN TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY.




CODE:

373J

DIAGNOSIS:

NON-SUPERFICIAL OPEN WOUNDS - NON LIFE-THREATENING

TREATMENT:

REPAIR




CODE:

356J

DIAGNOSIS:

PYODERMA; BODY, DEEP-SEATED FUNGAL INFECTIONS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT~




CODE:

112J

DIAGNOSIS:

TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

Endocrine, Metabolic and Nutritional

CODE:

331K

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE THYROIDITIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

951K

DIAGNOSIS:

BENIGN AND MALIGNANT TUMOURS OF PITUITARY GLAND WITH/WITHOUT HYPERSECRETION SYNDROMES

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT; RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

30K

DIAGNOSIS:

BENIGN NEOPLASM OF ISLETS OF LANGERHANS

TREATMENT:

EXCISION OF TUMOR; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

950K

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, EXCLUDING THYROID - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

952K

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF THYROID- TREATABLE; CARCINOID SYNDROME

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INLCUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

61K

DIAGNOSIS:

CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

902K

DIAGNOSIS:

DISORDERS OF:..ADRENAL SECRETION NOS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; ADRENALECTOMY




CODE:

447K

DIAGNOSIS:

DISORDERS OF PARATHYROID GLAND; BENIGN NEOPLASM OF PARATHYROID GLAND

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

904K

DIAGNOSIS:

HYPER AND HYPOTHYROIDISM WITH LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS OR REQUIRING SURGERY

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY




CODE:

31K

DIAGNOSIS:

HYPOGLYCEMIC COMA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

236K

DIAGNOSIS:

IRON DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN AND OTHER NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES - LIFETHREATENING

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

901K

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF CARBOHYDRATE, LIPID, PROTEIN AND AMINO ACID METABOLISM

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

903K

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING DISORDERS OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE, NOS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

Urinary and Male Genital System

CODE:

354L

DIAGNOSIS:

ABSCESS OF PROSTATE

TREATMENT:

TURP; DRAIN ABSCESS




CODE:

904L

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE AND CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; RENAL & PERINEPHRIC ABSCESS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

903L

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

954L

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF PENIS AND OTHER MALE GENITAL ORGAN - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

953L

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF PROSTATE GLAND - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

950L

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF TESTIS - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

952L

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF URINARY SYSTEM INCLUDING KIDNEY AND BLADDER - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

906L

DIAGNOSIS:

CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF URINARY SYSTEM - SYMPTOMATIC AND LIFE-THREATENING

TREATMENT:

NEPHRECTOMY/REPAIR




CODE:

901L

DIAGNOSIS:

END STAGE RENAL DISEASE REGARDLESS OF CAUSE

TREATMENT:

DIALYSIS & RENAL TRANSPLANT WHERE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CRITERIA ARE MET ONLY (SEE CRITERIA PUBLISHED IN GPS 004-9001)




CODE:

900L

DIAGNOSIS:

HYPERPLAS1A OF THE PROSTATE, WITH ACUTE UR1NARY RETENTION OR OBSTRUCTIVE RENAL FAILURE

TREATMENT:

TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

905L

DIAGNOSIS:

OBSTRUCTION OF THE UROGENITAL TRACT, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE

TREATMENT:

CATHETERIZATION; SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTING

AGENT:

LITHOTRIPSY




CODE:

436L

DIAGNOSIS:

TORSION OF TESTIS

TREATMENT:

ORCHIDECTOMY; REPAIR




CODE:

43L

DIAGNOSIS:

TRAUMA TO THE URINARY SYSTEM INCLUDING RUPTURED BLADDER

TREATMENT:

CYSTORRHAPHY;SUTURE; REPAIR




CODE:

289L

DIAGNOSIS:

URETERAL FISTULA (INTESTINAL)

TREATMENT:

NEPHROSTOMY




CODE:

359L

DIAGNOSIS:

VESICOURETERAL REFLUX

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; REPLANTATION

Female Reproductive System

CODE:

539M

DIAGNOSIS:

ABSCESSES OF BARTHOLIN'S GLAND AND VULVA

TREATMENT:

INCISION AND DRAINAGE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

288M

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

954M

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF CERVIX - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY




CODE:

952M

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF OVARY - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

950M

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF UTERUS - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

953M

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF VAGINA, VULVA AND OTHER FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS NOS - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY




CODE:

960M

DIAGNOSIS:

CERVICAL AND BREAST CANCER SCREENING

TREATMENT:

CERVICAL SMEARS; PERIODIC BREAST EXAMINATION




CODE:

645M

DIAGNOSIS:

CANCER OF CERVIX - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY




CODE:

266M

DIAGNOSIS:

DYSPLASIA OF CERVIX AND CERVICAL CARCINOMA-IN-SITU; CERVICAL CONDYLOMATA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

53M

DIAGNOSIS:

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

TREATMENT:

SURGERY




CODE:

460M

DIAGNOSIS:

FISTULA INVOLVING FEMALE GENITAL TRACT

TREATMENT:

CLOSURE OF FISTULA




CODE:

951M

DIAGNOSIS:

HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA

TREATMENT:

D & C; HYSTERECTOMY; CHEMOTHERAPY




CODE:

902M

DIAGNOSIS:

INFERTILITY

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

528M

DIAGNOSIS:

MENOPAUSAL MANAGEMENT, ANOMALIES OF OVARIES, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMENORRHOEA, FEMALE SEX HORMONES ABNORMALITIES NOS, INCLUDING HIRSUTISM.

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT,INCLUDING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY




CODE:

4MM

DIAGNOSIS:

NON-INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS AND BENIGN NEOPLASMS OF OVARY, FALLOPIAN TUBES AND UTERUS

TREATMENT:

SALPINGECTOMY; OOPHORECTOMY; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

237M

DIAGNOSIS:

SEXUAL ABUSE, INCLUDING RAPE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY




CODE:

903M

DIAGNOSIS:

SPONTANEOUS ABORTION

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

435M

DIAGNOSIS:

TORSION OF OVARY

TREATMENT:

OOPHORECTOMY; OVARIAN CYSTECTOMY




CODE:

530M

DIAGNOSIS:

UTERINE PROLAPSE; CYSTOCELE

TREATMENT:

SURGICAL REPAIR




CODE:

296M

DIAGNOSIS:

VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

TREATMENT:

INDUCED ABORTION; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT

Pregnancy and Childbirth

CODE:

67N

DIAGNOSIS:

# LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (UNDER 1000g) WITH RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES

TREATMENT:

# MEDICAL MANAGEMENT NOT INCLUDING VENTILATION




CODE:

967N

DIAGNOSIS:

# LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (UNDER 2500 GRAMS &> 1000g) WITH RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTIES

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING VENTILATION; INTENSIVE CARE THERAPY




CODE:

71N

DIAGNOSIS:

BIRTH TRAUMA FOR BABY

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY




CODE:

901N

DIAGNOSIS:

CONGENITAL SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS AFFECTING THE NEWBORN

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, VENTILATION




CODE:

904N

DIAGNOSIS:

HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF THE NEWBORN

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

54N

DIAGNOSIS:

NECROTIZ1NG ENTEROCOLITIS IN NEWBORN

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

74N

DIAGNOSIS:

NEONATAL AND INFANT GIT ABNORMALITIES AND DISORDERS, INCLUDING MALROTATION AND ATRESIA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

902N

DIAGNOSIS:

NEONATAL ENDOCRINE, METABLIC AND TOXIN-INDUCED CONDITIONS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

903N

DIAGNOSIS:

NEUROLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES IN THE NEWBORN

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

52N

DIAGNOSIS:

PREGNANCY

TREATMENT:

ANTENATAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE NECESSITATING HOSPITALISATION, INCLUDING DELIVERY




CODE:

56N

DIAGNOSIS:

RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS OF NEWBORN

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION

Haematological, Infectious and Miscellaneous Systemic Conditions

CODE:

505

DIAGNOSIS:

SYPHILIS - CQNGENITAL, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

168S

DIAGNOSIS:

# HIV-INFECTION

TREATMENT:

# HIV VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING CO-TRIMOXAZOLE AS PREVENTIVE THERAPY SCREENING AND PREVENTIVE THERAPY FOR TB.

DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.

PAIN MANAGEMENT IN PALLIATIVE CARE.

TREATMENT OF COMMON OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS.

PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV.

POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS FOLLOWING SEXUAL ASSAULT.

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AND MEDICATION, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS IS PROVIDED FOR IN ESTABLISHED NATIONAL GUIDELINES APPLICABLE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR (THE NATIONAL GUIDELINES ARE SET OUT IN THE OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIV AND AIDS CARE, MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA; AND THE NATIONAL ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES. BOTH DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL: NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH).




CODE:

260S

DIAGNOSIS:

# IMMINENT DEATH REGARDLESS OF DIAGNOSIS

TREATMENT:

# COMFORT CARE; PAIN RELIEF; HYDRATION




CODE:

113S

DIAGNOSIS:

ACQUIRED HAEMOLYT1C ANAEMIAS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

901S

DIAGNOSIS:

MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND CHRONIC LEUKEMIAS

TREATMENT:

TREATMENT: MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

2778

DIAGNOSIS:

ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS - LIFE THREATENING

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN




CODE:

488

DIAGNOSIS:

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; VENTILATION




CODE:

9008

DIAGNOSIS:

APLASTIC ANEMIA; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; OTHER LIFE-THREATENING HERIDITARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES

TREATMENT:

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

197S

DIAGNOSIS:

BOTULISM

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

338S

DIAGNOSIS:

CHOLERA; RAT-BITE FEVER

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

1968

DIAGNOSIS:

CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

9168

DIAGNOSIS:

COAGULATION DEFECTS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

2468

DIAGNOSIS:

CYSTICERCOSIS; OTHER SYSTEMIC CESTODE INFECTION

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

903S

DIAGNOSIS:

DEEP-SEATED (EXCLUDING NAIL INFECTIONS), DISSEMINATED AND SYSTEMIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SURGERY




CODE:

44S

DIAGNOSIS:

ERYSIPELAS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

179S

DIAGNOSIS:

HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA; ANGIONEUROTIC ADEMA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL THERAPY




CODE:

174S

DIAGNOSIS:

HEREDITARY HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIAS (EG. SICKLE CELL); DYSERYTHROPOIETIC ANEMIA (CONGENITAL)

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

201S

DIAGNOSIS:

HERPETIC ENCEPHALITIS; REYE'S SYNDROME

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

913S

DIAGNOSIS:

IMMUNE COMPROMISE NOS AND ASSOCIATED LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS NOS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

9128

DIAGNOSIS:

LEPROSY AND OTHER SYSTEMIC MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS, EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

336S

DIAGNOSIS:

LEPTOSPIROSIS; SPIROCHAETAL INFECTIONS NOS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

252S

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING ANAEMIA NOS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; TRANSFUSION




CODE:

908S

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING HYPO AND HYPERTHERMIA; LIGHTNING STRIKES]

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

9078

DIAGNOSIS:

LIFE-THREATENING RICKETTSIAL AND OTHER ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

1728

DIAGNOSIS:

MALARIA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; OTHER LIFE-THREATENING PARASITIC DISEASE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

9048

DIAGNOSIS:

METASTATIC INFECTIONS; SEPTICEMIA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

910S

DIAGNOSIS:

MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND CHRONIC LEUKAEMIAS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; WHICH INCLUDES CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION THERAPY




CODE:

2478

DIAGNOSIS:

POISONING BY INGESTION, INJECTION, AND NON-MEDICINAL AGENTS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

9118

DIAGNOSIS:

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES WITH SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT NOT ELSWHERE SPECIFIED

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

1288

DIAGNOSIS:

TETANUS; ANTHRAX; WHIPPLES DISEASE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT




CODE:

122S

DIAGNOSIS:

THALASSEMIA AND OTHER HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES - TREATABLE

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT




CODE:

316S

DIAGNOSIS:

TOXIC EFFECT OF GASES, FUMES, AND VAPORS

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL THERAPY




CODE:

11S

DIAGNOSIS:

TUBERCULOSIS

TREATMENT:

DIAGNOSIS AND ACUTE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER TO MAINTENANCE THERAPY IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOH GUIDELINES




CODE:

937S

DIAGNOSIS:

TUMOUR OF INTERNAL ORGAN (EXCLUDES SKIN): UNKNOWN WHETHER BENIGN OR MALIGNANT

TREATMENT:

BIOPSY




CODE:

15S

DIAGNOSIS:

WHOOPING COUGH, DIPTHERIA

TREATMENT:

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

Mental Illness

CODE:

182T

DIAGNOSIS:

ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE ON PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE, INCLUDING ALCOHOL

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR




CODE:

901T

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE DELUSIONAL MOOD, ANXIETY, PERSONALITY, PERCEPTION DISORDERS AND ORGANIC MENTAL DISORDER CAUSED BY DRUGS;

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS




CODE:

910T

DIAGNOSIS:

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER ACCOMPANIED BY RECENT SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA, INCLUDING PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL ADMISSION FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY COUNSELLING UP TO 3 DAYS, OR UP TO 12 OUTPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY / COUNSELLING CONTACTS




CODE:

910T

DIAGNOSIS:

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION DELIRIUM

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS LEADING TO REHABILITATION




CODE:

908T

DIAGNOSIS:

ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR OR MINIMUM OF 15 OUTPATIENT CONTACTS PER YEAR




CODE:

903T

DIAGNOSIS:

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, IRRESPECTIVE OF CAUSE

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS OR UP TO 6 OUTPATIENT CONTACTS




CODE:

184T

DIAGNOSIS:

BRIEF REACTIVE PSYCHOSIS

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR




CODE:

910T

DIAGNOSIS:

DELIRIUM: AMPHETAMINE, COCAINE, OR OTHER PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 DAYS




CODE:

902T

DIAGNOSIS:

MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, INCLUDING UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSION

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKSLYEAR (INCLUDING INPATIENT ELECTRO-CONVULSIVE THERAPY AND INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY) OR OUTPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY OF UP TO 15 CONTACTS




CODE:

907T

DIAGNOSIS:

SCHIZOPHRENIC AND PARANOID DELUSIONAL DISORDERS

TREATMENT:

HOSPITAL-BASED MEDICAL MANAGEMENT UP TO 3 WEEKS/YEAR




CODE:

909T

DIAGNOSIS:

TREATABLE DEMENTIA

TREATMENT:

ADMISSION FOR INITIAL DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS - UP TO I WEEK

Explanatory notes and definitions to Annexure A

Interventions shall be deemed hospital-based where they require:

- An overnight stay in hospital.

 or

- The use of an operating theatre together with the administration of a general or regional anaesthetic.

 or

- The application of other diagnostic or surgical procedures that carry a significant risk of death, and consequently require on-site resuscitation and/or surgical facilities.

 or

- The use of equipment, medications or medical professionals not generally found outside of hospitals.

2)        Where the treatment component of a category in Annexure A is stated in general terms (i.e. "medical management" or "surgical management", it should be interpreted as referring to prevailing hospital-based medical or surgical diagnostic and treatment practice for the specified condition. Where significant differences exist between Public and Private sector practices, the interpretation of the Prescribed Minimum Benefits should follow the predominant Public Hospital practice, as outlined in the relevant provincial or national public hospital clinical protocols, where these exist. Where clinical protocols do not exist, disputes should be settled by consultation with provincial health authorities to ascertain prevailing practice. The following interventions shall however be excluded from the generic medical / surgical management categories unless otherwise specified:

i)          Tumour chemotherapy

ii)         Tumour radiotherapy

iii)        Bone marrow transplantation / rescue

iv)        Mechanical ventilation

v)         Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

vi)        Organ transplantation

vii)       Treatments, drugs or devices not yet registered by the relevant authority in the Republic of South Africa

2A)     In respect of treatments denoted as "medical management" or "surgical management," note (2) above describes the standard of treatment required, namely "prevailing hospital-based medical or surgical diagnostic and treatment practice for the specified condition." Note (2) does not restrict the setting in which the relevant care should be provided, and should not be construed as preventing the delivery of any prescribed minimum benefit on an outpatient basis or in a setting other than a hospital, where this is clinically most appropriate.

3)        "Treatable" cancers. In general, solid organ malignant tumours (excluding lymphomas) will be regarded as treatable where:

i)          they involve only the organ of origin, and have not spread to adjacent organs

ii)         there is no evidence of distant metastatic spread

iii)        they have not, by means of compression, infarction, or other means, brought about irreversible and irreparable damage to the organ within which they originated (for example brain stem compression caused by a cerebral tumour) or another vital organ

iv)        or, if points i. to iii. do not apply, there is a well demonstrated five year survival rate of greater than 10% for the given therapy for the condition concerned

4)        Tumour chemotherapy with or without bone marrow transplantation and other indications for bone marrow transplantation.

These are included in the prescribed minimum benefits package only where Annexure A explicitly mentions such interventions. Management may include a first full course of chemotherapy (including, if indicated, induction, consolidation and myeloablative components). Where specified in terms of Annexure A, this may be followed by bone marrow transplantation/rescue, according to tumour type and prevailing practice. The following conditions would also apply to the bone marrow transplantation component of the prescribed minimum benefits:

i)          the patient should be under 60 years of age

ii)         allogeneic bone marrow transplantation should only be considered where there is an HLA matched family donor

iii)        the patient should not have relapsed after a previous full course of chemotherapy

iv)        (points i. and ii. shall also apply to bone marrow transplantation for non-malignant diseases)

5)        Solid organ transplants. The prescribed minimum benefits Annexure includes solid organ transplants (liver, kidney and heart) only where these are provided by Public hospitals in accordance with Public sector protocols and subject to public sector waiting lists.

6)        In certain cases, specified categories shall take precedence over others present. Such "overriding" categories are preceded by the sign "#" in their descriptions within Annexure A. For éxample, where someone is suffering from pneumonia and HIV, because the HIV category (168S) is an overriding category, the entitlements guaranteed by the 'pneumonia' category (903D) are overridden.

7)        Hospital treatment where the diagnosis is uncertain and/or admission for diagnostic purposes. Urgent admission may be required where a diagnosis has not yet been made. Certain categories of prescribed minimum benefits are described in terms of presenting symptoms, rather than diagnosis, and in these cases, inclusion within the prescribed minimum benefits may be assumed without a definitive diagnosis. In other cases, clinical evidence should be regarded as sufficient where this suggests the existence of a diagnosis that is included within the package. Medical schemes may, however, require confirmatory evidence of this diagnosis within a reasonable period of time, and where they consistently encounter difficulties with particular providers or provider networks, such problems should be brought to the attention of the Council for Medical Schemes for resolution.

8)        NOS - not otherwise specified

9)        In respect of Code 902M (Diagnosis: Infertility), 'medical and surgical management' shall be limited to the following procedures or interventions :

a)        hysterosalpingogram

b)        the following blood tests:

i)          Day 3 FSH/LH

ii)         Oestradiol

iii)        Thyroid function (TSH)

iv)        Prolactin

v)         Rubella

vi)        HIV

vii)       VDRL

viii)      Chlamydia

ix)       Day 21 Progesterone

c)        laparoscopy

d)        hysteroscopy

e)        surgery (uterus and tubal)

f)          manipulation of ovulation defects and

g)        deficiencies

h)        semen analysis (volume; count; mobility;

i)          morphology; MAR-test)

j)          basic counseling and advice on sexual

k)        behaviour, temperature charts etc.

l)          treatment of local infections.

Chronic Conditions

DIAGNOSES:

·          Addison's Disease

·          Asthma

·          Bipolar Mood Disorder

·          Bronchiectasis

·          Cardiac Failure

·          Cardiomyopathy

·          Chronic Renal Disease

·          Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

·          Coronary Artery Disease

·          Crohn's Disease

·          Diabetes Insipidus

·          Diabetes Mellitus Types 1 & 2

·          Dysrhythrnias

·          Epilepsy

·          Glaucoma

·          Haemophilia

·          Hyperlipidaemia

·          Hypertension

·          Hypothyroidism

·          Multiple Sclerosis

·          Parkinson's Disease

·          Rheumatoid Arthritis

·          Schizophrenia

·          Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

·          Ulcerative Colitis

TREATMENT:  DIAGNOSIS, MEDICAL MANAGEMENT AND MEDICATION, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS IS PROVIDED FOR BY WAY OF A THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR THE SPECIFIED CONDITION, PUBLISHED BY THE MINISTER BY NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE.

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