Pregnancy and birth - MBS item (16590)

The following MBS item is included in this clinical category.

16590
Planning and management, by a practitioner, of a pregnancy if: (a) the practitioner intends to take primary responsibility for management of the pregnancy and any complications, and to be available for the birth; and (b) the patient intends to be privately admitted for the birth; and (c) the pregnancy has progressed beyond 28 weeks gestation; and (d) the practitioner has maternity privileges at a hospital or birth centre; and (e) the service includes a mental health assessment (including screening for drug and alcohol use and domestic violence) of the patient; and (f) a service to which item 16591 applies is not provided in relation to the same pregnancy Applicable once for a pregnancy