Participating anaesthetists and orthopaedic surgeons can charge a loading for hip and knee joint replacements without the patient incurring an out of pocket expense.
The anaesthetic loading applies when the items are:
Primary Knee - 21402
Bilateral Knee - 21403
Primary Hip - 21214
Bilateral Hip - 21216
The surgical loading applies when the items are:
Hips - 49318, 49319, 49321
Knees - 49518, 49519, 49521
Invoices should be prepared at the usual rate, then an additional item should be added :
"HCFJOINT - Single joint topup payment"
You may want to add these descriptions and fees as user items for easy reference, under Databases > User Items
As the rates vary from time to time, you will need to update your user items manually.
At present these can't be submitted using ECLIPSE.