Inclusion codes, description and additional requirements MBS code | Description | Additional requirements | 32084 | Flexible fibreoptic sigmoidoscopy or fibreoptic colonoscopy up to the hepatic flexure | A colonoscopy is a repeat colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the listed MBS codes - occurred in 2018-19 - occurred within 2 years and 10 months of the last previous colonoscopy (index colonoscopy)for the same person (a repeat colonoscopy can only be counted once, regardless of two or more previous colonoscopies within 2 years and 10 months). For example, there are three colonoscopies on different dates. The index colonoscopy of the third colonoscopy is the second colonoscopy. The index colonoscopy of the second colonoscopy is the first colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is an index colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the MBS listed codes - occurred between 1 September 2015 and 30 June 2019. The interval of 2 years and 10 months allows identification of repeat colonoscopies that were done earlier than the 3-year period recommended for most repeat procedures, according to clinical guidelines. The timeframe is aimed at excluding appropriate three-yearly colonoscopies, scheduled a few weeks early for convenience. | 32087 | Flexible fibreoptic sigmoidoscopy or fibreoptic colonoscopy up to the hepatic flexure, for removal of polyps | A colonoscopy is a repeat colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the listed MBS codes - occurred in 2018-19 - occurred within 2 years and 10 months of the last previous colonoscopy (index colonoscopy)for the same person (a repeat colonoscopy can only be counted once, regardless of two or more previous colonoscopies within 2 years and 10 months). For example, there are three colonoscopies on different dates. The index colonoscopy of the third colonoscopy is the second colonoscopy. The index colonoscopy of the second colonoscopy is the first colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is an index colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the MBS listed codes - occurred between 1 September 2015 and 30 June 2019. The interval of 2 years and 10 months allows identification of repeat colonoscopies that were done earlier than the 3-year period recommended for most repeat procedures, according to clinical guidelines. The timeframe is aimed at excluding appropriate three-yearly colonoscopies, scheduled a few weeks early for convenience. | 32088 | Fibreoptic colonoscopy beyond the hepatic flexure, following a positive faecal occult blood test | A colonoscopy is a repeat colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the listed MBS codes - occurred in 2018-19 - occurred within 2 years and 10 months of the last previous colonoscopy (index colonoscopy)for the same person (a repeat colonoscopy can only be counted once, regardless of two or more previous colonoscopies within 2 years and 10 months). For example, there are three colonoscopies on different dates. The index colonoscopy of the third colonoscopy is the second colonoscopy. The index colonoscopy of the second colonoscopy is the first colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is an index colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the MBS listed codes - occurred between 1 September 2015 and 30 June 2019. The interval of 2 years and 10 months allows identification of repeat colonoscopies that were done earlier than the 3-year period recommended for most repeat procedures, according to clinical guidelines. The timeframe is aimed at excluding appropriate three-yearly colonoscopies, scheduled a few weeks early for convenience. | 32089 | Fibreoptic colonoscopy beyond the hepatic flexure, for removal of polyps, following a positive faecal occult blood test | A colonoscopy is a repeat colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the listed MBS codes - occurred in 2018-19 - occurred within 2 years and 10 months of the last previous colonoscopy (index colonoscopy)for the same person (a repeat colonoscopy can only be counted once, regardless of two or more previous colonoscopies within 2 years and 10 months). For example, there are three colonoscopies on different dates. The index colonoscopy of the third colonoscopy is the second colonoscopy. The index colonoscopy of the second colonoscopy is the first colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is an index colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the MBS listed codes - occurred between 1 September 2015 and 30 June 2019. The interval of 2 years and 10 months allows identification of repeat colonoscopies that were done earlier than the 3-year period recommended for most repeat procedures, according to clinical guidelines. The timeframe is aimed at excluding appropriate three-yearly colonoscopies, scheduled a few weeks early for convenience. | 32090 | Fibreoptic colonoscopy beyond the hepatic flexure | A colonoscopy is a repeat colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the listed MBS codes - occurred in 2018-19 - occurred within 2 years and 10 months of the last previous colonoscopy (index colonoscopy)for the same person (a repeat colonoscopy can only be counted once, regardless of two or more previous colonoscopies within 2 years and 10 months). For example, there are three colonoscopies on different dates. The index colonoscopy of the third colonoscopy is the second colonoscopy. The index colonoscopy of the second colonoscopy is the first colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is an index colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the MBS listed codes - occurred between 1 September 2015 and 30 June 2019. The interval of 2 years and 10 months allows identification of repeat colonoscopies that were done earlier than the 3-year period recommended for most repeat procedures, according to clinical guidelines. The timeframe is aimed at excluding appropriate three-yearly colonoscopies, scheduled a few weeks early for convenience. | 32093 | Fibreoptic colonoscopy beyond the hepatic flexure for removal of polyps | A colonoscopy is a repeat colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the listed MBS codes - occurred in 2018-19 - occurred within 2 years and 10 months of the last previous colonoscopy (index colonoscopy)for the same person (a repeat colonoscopy can only be counted once, regardless of two or more previous colonoscopies within 2 years and 10 months). For example, there are three colonoscopies on different dates. The index colonoscopy of the third colonoscopy is the second colonoscopy. The index colonoscopy of the second colonoscopy is the first colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is an index colonoscopy if it meets all of the following: - has one of the MBS listed codes - occurred between 1 September 2015 and 30 June 2019. The interval of 2 years and 10 months allows identification of repeat colonoscopies that were done earlier than the 3-year period recommended for most repeat procedures, according to clinical guidelines. The timeframe is aimed at excluding appropriate three-yearly colonoscopies, scheduled a few weeks early for convenience. |
For a full description of the MBS code included for this indicator see the last MBS schedule for 2018-19. Presented as the following rates: (a) number of services per 100,000 people (b) number of people with a repeat colonoscopy per 100,000 people Rates are directly age-sex standardised, to the 2001 Australian population, using 5-year age groups: 0-4, 5-9, … , 80-84, 85 years and over. For more information about age-standardisation in general see glossary item Age-standardised rate. A patient’s age is calculated in years as the difference between the patient’s date of birth and date of service, as recorded in the MBS claim. A patient can be in two age groups if the patient had a repeat colonoscopy before their birthday, and a repeat colonoscopy after their birthday. In this example, one repeat colonoscopy and half a patient are allocated to the two age groups. Date of birth and sex are as recorded on a patient’s last processed claim for any service in the processing period. Date of claim processing is up to 29 February 2020. Claim records are allocated to a financial year based on the date the service was provided to the patient. Analysis by Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) 2016 is based on the patient's Medicare enrolment postcode at date of service, as recorded in the MBS claim. Suppress data (number and rate) if at least one of the following conditions are met: - the total denominator is less than 1,000
- the total numerator is less than 20
- number of services is less than 6
- number of patients is less than 6
- number of service providers is less than 6
- top service provider contributed more than 85% of services
- top two service providers contributed more than 90% of services.
Age-sex standardised rates are also suppressed where the denominator for at least one of the age-sex groups used to calculate the rate is below 30 and results of sensitivity analysis indicate that the rates are volatile. However, for SA3 data, if the volatility of the rate is not found to have a material impact on its decile, the rate is published with caution. For more information about the sensitivity analysis, see the Technical supplement of the Fourth Atlas. Consequential suppression may be applied to preserve confidentialised data. |