S.I. No. 83/1996 - Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Minimum Benefit) Regulations, 1996

S.I. No. 83 of 1996.

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT, 1994 (MINIMUM BENEFIT) REGULATIONS, 1996

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 10 of the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (No. 16 of 1994) hereby makes the following Regulations—

PART 1 GENERAL

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"appropriate health services" means health services in relation to the diagnosis or treatment of the illness or injury of a patient which would be accepted generally by the medical profession as appropriate and necessary having regard to good standards of medical practice and to the nature and cost of any alternative forms of treatment as well as to all of the circumstances relevant to the patient;

"benefit year" means a period of a year from—

• (a) the commencement of a health insurance contract, or

• (b) the anniversary of the commencement of a health insurance contract;

"day-patient day" means a day, including a day upon which an inpatient stay commences and ceases, during the course of which a fully insured person is maintained in private hospital accommodation for the purpose of receiving day-patient services;

"day-patient services" means health services provided in, or by persons attached to, a hospital where the patient is admitted on an elective basis for care and/or treatment which does not require the use of a hospital bed overnight and is discharged as scheduled;

"dependent person" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 ;

"excess" means an amount by which in specified circumstances a payment shall be reduced provided that such amount shall never be greater than the payment before any such reduction;

"fully insured person" means an insured person named in a health insurance contract other than a contract which relates solely to one or both of the following—

• (a) ancillary health services; or

• (b) public hospital daily in-patient charges made under Regulations pursuant to Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970 ;

"health services provider" means a publicly- funded hospital, private hospital, registered nursing home or hospital consultant, as appropriate;

"hospital consultant" means a registered medical practitioner who holds a current full registration with the Irish Medical Council and is engaged in hospital practice and who, by reason of his or her training, skill and experience in a designated speciality, is consulted by other registered medical practitioners and undertakes full clinical responsibility for patients in his or her care, or that aspect of care on which he or she has been consulted, without supervision in professional matters by any other person;

"initial waiting period" has the meaning assigned to it in the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Open Enrolment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 81 of 1996 );

"in-patient day" means a day during an in-patient stay where the day on which that stay ceased is deemed a whole day and the day on which that stay commenced is disregarded except that if that stay commenced and ceased on the same day then that day shall be deemed a day-patient day;

"in-patient services" means in-patient services within the meaning of the Health Act, 1970 , but excluding day-patient services;

"in-patient stay" means a continuous period during which a fully insured person is maintained in private hospital accommodation for the purpose of receiving in-patient services, such period—

• (a) to commence on the later of the occurrence of the following events—

• (i) the most recent admission or transfer of that person to private hospital accommodation; or

• (ii) the cessation of the most recent previous in-patient stay in respect of that person; and

• (b) to cease on the occurrence of the earlier of the following events—

• (i) the next subsequent discharge or transfer of that person from private hospital accommodation;

• (ii) the death of that person; or

• (iii) a designation of the cessation of that period by the registered undertaking which effected the health insurance contract under which that person is named

provided that the effect of a designation under sub-paragraph (iii) shall not be to cause such a period to comprise less than five in-patient days or a day-patient day;

"insured person" means a person named in a health insurance contract as an insured person or an infant born to a person named in a health insurance contract provided that in the case of an infant the person who effected the health insurance contract requests that the health insurance contract be altered to name such infant as an insured person, and pays the appropriate premium in respect of such infant, within 13 weeks of the date of birth of the infant;

"nursing home" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 ;

"pathological procedure" has the meaning assigned to it in Schedule C of these Regulations;

"pre-existing condition waiting period" has the meaning assigned to it in the Health Insurance Act, 1994 (Open Enrolment) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 81 of 1996 );

"prescribed health services" means—

• (a) in-patient services

• (b) day-patient services

• (c) out-patient services

• (d) health services provided by a hospital consultant whether in a hospital setting or otherwise which are appropriate health services and the sole purpose of which is the medical investigation, treatment, cure, or alleviation of the symptoms, of illness or injury but excluding—

• (i) treatment directly or indirectly arising from or required in connection with male and female birth control, infertility and any form of assisted reproduction;

• (ii) dental, orosurgical or orthodontic treatment or consultation with a dental practitioner, other than those services prescribed in Schedule C of these Regulations;

• (iii) cosmetic services or treatment except the correction of accidental disfigurement or significant congenital disfigurement;

• (iv) health services relating to eating disorders or weight reduction;

• (v) preventive health services such as check-ups or screenings;

• (vi) health services provided by a nursing home other than a registered nursing home;

• (vii) nursing care, whether provided in an institution or otherwise, to persons who are dependent persons other than such care provided in the course or consequence of the provision of in-patient, day-patient or out-patient services;

• (viii) health services received overseas;

• (ix) health services provided other than

• (I) as a result of the insured person having been referred to the health services provider by a registered medical practitioner; or

• (II) in an emergency; or

• (III) in connection with an obstetric condition;

• (x) health services necessitated directly or indirectly by war or civil disturbance;

"prescribed minimum payment" means an amount determined in accordance with article 5 and shall not in any event exceed the amount of the fee or charge made in respect of the relevant prescribed health services;

"private hospital" means a hospital, other than a nursing home, which

• (a) provides prescribed health services, and

• (b) is not a publicly-funded hospital;

"private hospital accommodation" means accommodation in a private hospital or accommodation in a publicly- funded hospital which is designated by the Minister for Health as private or semi-private accommodation;

"private psychiatric hospital" means a facility registered pursuant to the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 ;

"publicly-funded hospital" means a hospital, other than a nursing home, which provides services to a person pursuant to his or her entitlements under Chapter II of Part IV of the Health Act, 1970 ;

"radiological procedure" has the meaning assigned to it in Schedule C of these Regulations;

"registered medical practitioner" means a person whose name appears in the General Register of Medical Practitioners maintained under the Medical Practitioners Acts, 1978 and 1993;

"registered nursing home" means a nursing home registered pursuant to the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 ;

"screening" means a medical examination or test that is not reasonably required for the management of the medical condition of the patient;

"single room" means a hospital bedroom designed for and accommodating only one patient;

"special procedures" mean the procedures which are listed in Schedule B of these Regulations;

"surgical procedure" has the meaning assigned to it in Schedule C of these Regulations;

"third party recovery" means a payment to a registered undertaking as a result of the acceptance by a third party of full or partial liability for fees or charges arising from the provision of prescribed health services to an insured person.

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PART II PRESCRIBED MINIMUM PAYMENTS

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• (2) Prescribed minimum payments shall be determined in accordance with Schedule A (payments in respect of hospital charges (in-patient and day patient services)), Schedule B (payments in respect of hospital charges relating to special procedures), Schedule C (payments in respect of consultants' fees (in-patient and day-patient services)), or Schedule D (payments in respect of hospital charges and consultants' fees (out-patient services)), as appropriate and as amended from time to time.

• (3) If all registered undertakings combined have been required to make prescribed minimum payments in relation to in-patient services provided to an insured person in respect of any psychiatric condition other than a condition described in subarticle (4) for a total of 100 in-patient days in a calendar year then notwithstanding the provisions of subarticles (1) and (2) a registered undertaking shall not be required to make any further such payments in respect of the same calendar year.

• (4) If all registered undertakings combined have been required to make prescribed minimum payments in relation to in-patient services provided to an insured person constituting treatment for alcoholism, drug or other substance abuse for a total of 91 in-patient days in any continuous period of 5 years then notwithstanding the provisions of subarticles (1), (2) and (3) a registered undertaking shall not be required to make any further such payments in respect of that 5 year period.

• (5) A registered undertaking shall not be required to make any prescribed minimum payments in respect of prescribed health services provided by a registered nursing home unless—

• (i) such prescribed health services are provided to an insured person immediately following the provision of in-patient services to such insured person; and

• (ii) the registered undertaking has received and approved, prior to the admission of the insured person to the registered nursing home, a certificate from the hospital consultant responsible for the treatment of the insured person, in such form as may be specified by the undertaking, to the effect that the prescribed health services to be provided by the registered nursing home are appropriate health services.

• (6) If all registered undertakings combined have been required to make prescribed minimum payments in respect of in-patient and day patient services provided to an insured person for a total of 180 days (in-patient and day-patient days combined) in a calendar year then notwithstanding the provisions of subarticles (1), (2), (3) and (4), a registered undertaking shall not be required to make any further prescribed minimum payments in respect of in-patient or day-patient services provided to such insured person.

• (7) This article applies subject to article 9.

PART III LIMITATION ON TYPE OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR WHICH PAYMENT MUST BE MADE

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( a ) the relevant health services should have been day-patient services, the prescribed minimum payments may be the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (4) or (5) of paragraph 1 of Schedule A, as appropriate; or

( b ) the relevant health services should have been out-patient services and if the relevant health services were provided in a private hospital, the prescribed minimum payments may be the amounts specified in Tables D.1 and D.2 of Schedule D, as appropriate.

• (2) A registered undertaking shall not be required to make the prescribed minimum payments specified in sub-paragraphs (4) or (5) of paragraph 1 of Schedule A in respect of day-patient services if, on receipt of appropriate medical advice, the undertaking determines that the health services provided to the insured person could have been provided as out-patient services rather than day-patient services. In such circumstances, and if the relevant health services were provided in a private hospital, the undertaking may make the prescribed minimum payments specified in Tables D.1 and D.2 of Schedule D.

• (3) If the health services provided to an insured person were not prescribed health services, a registered undertaking shall not be required to make any payment.

• (4) This article applies subject to article 9.

PART IV LIMITATIONS ON PRESCRIBED MINIMUM PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF OUT-PATIENT SERVICES

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( a ) relates to only one insured person that total amount shall be subject to a maximum of £650 and shall also be subject to an excess of £150, and

( b ) relates to more than one insured person that total amount shall be subject to a maximum of £1,300 and shall also be subject to an excess of £300.

PART V HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE PRESCRIBED WAITING PERIODS

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• (2) Notwithstanding articles 5 and 6, a registered undertaking shall not be required to make a prescribed minimum payment in respect of prescribed health services provided to an insured person during a pre-existing condition waiting period except where such prescribed health services do not relate to the condition which gave rise to that waiting period.

PART VI HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PARTICULAR HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER

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( a ) the provision of specified prescribed health services by a health service provider is not covered under the terms of a contract; and

( b ) the specified prescribed health services concerned could have been provided by a health service provider who is specified in that contract,

then notwithstanding articles 5 and 6, a registered undertaking shall not be required to make a prescribed minimum payment in respect of those prescribed health services.

PART VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Schedule A

-Hospital Charges (In-patient and Day-patient Services)

In respect of:	In respect of:	Prescribed Minimum Payment	Prescribed Minimum Payment	Prescribed Minimum Payment
1.	Prescribed health services which are in-patient services provided by a publicly-funded hospital while the insured person was maintained in accommodation other than private hospital accommodation.	The public hospital daily in-patient charges made under regulations pursuant to Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970 .	The public hospital daily in-patient charges made under regulations pursuant to Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970 .	The public hospital daily in-patient charges made under regulations pursuant to Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970 .
2.	Prescribed health services which are in-patient services provided by a publicly-funded hospital while the insured person was maintained in private hospital accommodation.	The amount of the charge payable under Section 55 of the Health Act 1970 , reduced by 40 in the case of charges arising in respect of a period or periods during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room, plus the amount of the public hospital daily in-patient charges made under regulations pursuant to %Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970 .	The amount of the charge payable under Section 55 of the Health Act 1970 , reduced by 40 in the case of charges arising in respect of a period or periods during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room, plus the amount of the public hospital daily in-patient charges made under regulations pursuant to %Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970 .	The amount of the charge payable under Section 55 of the Health Act 1970 , reduced by 40 in the case of charges arising in respect of a period or periods during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room, plus the amount of the public hospital daily in-patient charges made under regulations pursuant to %Section 53 of the Health Act, 1970 .
3.	Prescribed health services (other than special procedures listed in Table B.1 of Schedule B) which are in-patient services provided by a private hospital, other than a private psychiatric hospital.	The lesser of: (a) £135 for each in-patient day; or (b) 60% of (i) the charge made by the private hospital; less (ii) £40 for each day during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room	The lesser of: (a) £135 for each in-patient day; or (b) 60% of (i) the charge made by the private hospital; less (ii) £40 for each day during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room	The lesser of: (a) £135 for each in-patient day; or (b) 60% of (i) the charge made by the private hospital; less (ii) £40 for each day during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room
4.	Prescribed health services which are day-patient services provided by a publicly-funded hospital while the insured person was maintained in private hospital accommodation.	The amount of the charge payable under Section 55 of the Health Act, 1970 .	The amount of the charge payable under Section 55 of the Health Act, 1970 .	The amount of the charge payable under Section 55 of the Health Act, 1970 .
5.	Prescribed health services which are day-patient services provided by a private hospital, other than a private psychiatric hospital.	The lesser of: (a) £135 for each day patient day; or (b) 60% of (i)the charge made by the private hospital; less(ii) £40 for each day during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room.	The lesser of: (a) £135 for each day patient day; or (b) 60% of (i)the charge made by the private hospital; less(ii) £40 for each day during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room.	The lesser of: (a) £135 for each day patient day; or (b) 60% of (i)the charge made by the private hospital; less(ii) £40 for each day during which the insured person was accommodated in a single room.
6.	Prescribed health services which are in-patient services provided by a private psychiatric hospital.	The lesser of: (a) £65 for each in-patient day; or (b) 60% of the charge made by that hospital;	The lesser of: (a) £65 for each in-patient day; or (b) 60% of the charge made by that hospital;	The lesser of: (a) £65 for each in-patient day; or (b) 60% of the charge made by that hospital;
7.	Prescribed health services which are in-patient services provided by a registered nursing home.	£20 per day, subject to a maximum of £280 respect of any particular continuous period during which an insured person was in receipt of such prescribed health services.	£20 per day, subject to a maximum of £280 respect of any particular continuous period during which an insured person was in receipt of such prescribed health services.	£20 per day, subject to a maximum of £280 respect of any particular continuous period during which an insured person was in receipt of such prescribed health services.

Schedule B

— Special Procedures

TABLE B.1

Procedure	Procedure Description	Procedure
Code		Benefit
		(£)
5801	Exploration of mediastinum	940
5802	Endoscopic extirpation of lesion of mediastinum	940
5803	Diagnostic endoscopic examination of mediastinum	940
6675	Angiogram (direct puncture, single vessel study, brachial, femoral)	1,238
5945	Cardiac catheterisation with digital subtraction angiography	1,270
5080	Cardiac catheterisation (left, right or both sides)	1,306
5085	Cardiac angiography (left, right or both sides)	1,306
5090	Cardiac catheterisation and cardiac angiography combined	1,306
2676	Vitroctomy	2,354
5520	Valve shunt (hydrocephalus) - (Brain and Meninges)	2,756
5730	Cervical disc, partial excision of or fusion	2,866
5862	Cardiac Pacemaker System introduced through vein (Single Chamber)	3,032
5067	Cardiac Pacemaker System introduced through vein (Dual Chamber)	3,032
5068	Insertion of antitachycardia pacemaker	3,032
5069	Insertion of automatic implantation cardioverter/defibrillator	3,032
5525	Valve shunt revision - (Brain & Meninges)	3,032
5660	Craniotomy	3,721
3595	Spinal fusion anterior & posterior	4,410
3596	Spinal fusion, in scoliosis spine, anterior and posterior	4,410
3601	Spinal fusion with instrumentation	4,410
5101	Angioplasty (Coronary)	4,410
5962	Plastic repair of aorta (Coarctation/Interrupted Aortic Arch)	5,181
5957	Revision repair of coarctation of aorta	5,181
5893	Open Operations on pulmonary artery	5,209
5735	Cervical spondylosis, laminectomy, etc.	5,435
5480	Posterior fossa tumours, removal of	5,512
5470	Pituitary gland, hypophysectomy	5,677
5075	Blalock Operation	5,788
5870	Myocardial aneurysmyotomy	5,788
5811	Atrial inversion for transposition of great vessels	5,788
5812	Other correction of transposition of great vessels	5,788
5814	Closure of defect of atrioventricular septum using dual prosthetic patch	5,788
5817	Closure of defect of interventricular septum	5,788
5818	Planned repair of post infraction ventricular septal defect	5,788
5819	Emergency repair of post infraction ventricular septal defect	5,788
5958	Revision closure of defect of intra-ventricular septum	5,788
5813	Correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection	5,788
5872	Excision of pericardium	5,788
5809	Correction of tetralogy of fallot	5,788
5871	Open correction of patent ductus arteriosus	5,788
5882	Closed correction of patent ductus arteriosus	5,788
5875	Shoulder replacement prosthesis	6,107
5555	Acoustic neuroma, removal of	6,173
1246	Arterial bypass, popliteal artery	6,284
5865	Repair of ascending aortic aneurysm	6,284
3300	Arthroplasty (Forearm & Elbow)	7,186
5942	Lobectomy of Lung (including excision of segment)	7,717
5831	Plastic repair of mitral valve	8,268
5833	Replacement of tricuspid valve (includes valvuloplasty)	8,268
5855	Annuloplasty	8,268
5839	Double valves	8,268
5842	Triple valves	8,268
5843	Valve and grafts	8,268
5959	Revision of valve surgery	8,268
5816	Closure of defect of interatrial septum	8,599
5821	Other open operations on the septum of the heart	8,599
5824	Refashioning of atrium (Ebstein's)	8,599
5826	Operations on wall of atrium	8,599
5832	Replacement of aortic valve (includes valvuloplasty)	9,922
5836	Open Valvotomy	9,922
5055	Aortic endarterectomy	9,922
5829	Replacement of mitral valve (includes valvuloplasty)	9,922
5844	Saphenous vein graft bypass for coronary artery(ies)	9,922
5846	Autograft bypass for coronary artery(ies)	9,922
5847	Allograft bypass for coronary artery(ies)	9,922
5848	Prosthetic bypass for coronary artery(ies)	9,922
5849	Connection of mammary artery(ies) to coronary artery(ies)	9,922
5851	Connection of other thoracic artery(ies) to coronary artery(ies)	9,922
5852	Correction of anomalous coronary arteries	9,922
5853	Other open operation(s) on coronary artery(ies)	9,922
5904	Revision of prosthesis of aorta	9,922
5956	Revision coronary artery surgery	9,922
5099	Coronary artery bypass grafts and angiogram	10,970
4283	Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, (complete procedure)	27,560
4284	Autologous bone marrow transplantation (complete procedure)	27,560

Schedule C

— Consultants' Fees (In-Patient and Day-Patient Services)

"consultant anaesthetist" means a hospital consultant whose designated speciality is anaesthesia;

"consultant pathologist" means a hospital consultant whose designated speciality is pathology;

"consultant radiologist" means a hospital consultant whose designated speciality is radiology;

"in-patient attendance" means a period during which a hospital consultant is responsible for the care of an insured person;

"linked procedure" means a linked surgical procedure, or a radiological procedure, which is carried out in conjunction with other radiological procedures;

"linked surgical procedure" means a surgical procedure which is performed in conjunction with other surgical procedures during the same theatre session;

"pathological procedure" means a service, treatment or procedure listed in Table C.4 of this Schedule;

"radiological procedure" means a service, treatment or procedure listed in Table C.3 of this Schedule and therapeutic/invasive procedures listed in Table C.2 of this Schedule;

"surgical procedure" means a service, treatment or procedure listed in Table C.2 of this Schedule.

	Value
For the linked procedure which has the greatest anaesthetic procedure benefit of all related linked procedures	1.00
For all other linked procedures	0.00

• (a) determined in accordance with Table C.1 of this Schedule if that attendance arises in other than a post surgical context; and

• (b) £45 if that attendance arises in a post surgical context provided that this payment shall only fall due for care on or after the third post operative day.

• (a) in conjunction with a surgical procedure performed by that hospital consultant other than as provided under paragraph 7; or

• (b) during a stay in a private psychiatric hospital.

• (a) where that procedure is a linked surgical procedure the prescribed minimum payment shall be that surgical procedure benefit multiplied by a value derived from the following table—

	Value
For the linked surgical procedure which has the greatest surgical procedure benefit of all related linked surgical procedures	1.00
For the linked surgical procedure which has the second greatest surgical procedure benefit of all related linked surgical procedures	0.50
For the linked surgical procedure which has the third greatest surgical procedure benefit of all related linked surgical procedures	0.25
For all other linked surgical procedures	0.00

• (b) notwithstanding subsection (a) herein where that procedure is designated as "I.P." and is a linked surgical procedure no prescribed minimum payment shall fall due;

• (c) where that procedure is designated "Diagnostic" the prescribed minimum payment shall be—

• (i) if the insured person is maintained in private hospital accommodation for a period of three in-patient days or less, the greater of the surgical procedure benefit and the in-patient attendance benefit for that period determined in accordance with Table C.1; and

• (ii) if the insured person is maintained in private hospital accommodation for a period of more than three in-patient days, the sum of the surgical procedure benefit and the in-patient attendance benefit for that period.

• (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) herein where that procedure is designated as "*" and other surgical procedures so designated are carried out during the same in-patient stay or day-patient day the prescribed minimum payment shall be that surgical procedure benefit multiplied by a value derived from the following table:

	Value
For the surgical procedure which has the greatest surgical procedure benefit of all such designated surgical procedures.	1.00
For all other such designated surgical procedures	0.00

Suspected Multiple Sclerosis after appropriate clinical screening	Suspected Multiple Sclerosis after appropriate clinical screening	Suspected Multiple Sclerosis after appropriate clinical screening
Suspect leukodystrophies	Suspect leukodystrophies	Suspect leukodystrophies
Vascular malformations	Vascular malformations	Vascular malformations
Epilepsy - Temporal lobe type	Epilepsy - Temporal lobe type	Epilepsy - Temporal lobe type
Suspect posterior fossa tumours	Suspect posterior fossa tumours	Suspect posterior fossa tumours
IAMS - suspect acoustic neuromas with audiology screening	IAMS - suspect acoustic neuromas with audiology screening	IAMS - suspect acoustic neuromas with audiology screening
Pituitary - after Computerised Tomography screen	Pituitary - after Computerised Tomography screen	Pituitary - after Computerised Tomography screen
Lower cranial nerve palsies, i.e. meningeal processes	Lower cranial nerve palsies, i.e. meningeal processes	Lower cranial nerve palsies, i.e. meningeal processes
Encephalitis	Encephalitis	Encephalitis
Spine	-	Post-operative failed back
	-	Spinal cord compression (acute)
	-	Cervical radiculopathy with
		neurological signs
	-	Spinal dysraphism and
		associated abnormalities
	-	Patients having had previous
		Computerised Tomography or
		myelogram which was in
		conflict with the patient's
		symptoms/signs
	-	Intrinsic spinal cord disease
		including cervical myelopathy
Bone Tumours	-	Staging of primary malignant
		bone tumours
	-	Soft tissue tumours for dialnosis
		and staging
Shoulder Joint	-	Rotator cuff tears
Knee Joint	-	Assessment of menisceal tears,
		cruciate ligament injuries and
		losse bodies (but only when
		clinically indicated in
		preference to an arthroscopy)
Abdomen	-	Possible assessment of patients
		with known liver tumours for
		resection (previous dynamic
		Computerised Tomography and ultrasound scans will have to have been performed)
		Assessment of the inferior vena cave in patients with known solid renal tumours

• (a) Category 1 and 1(A) combined

• (b) Category 5(A)

• (c) Category 8(A)

• (d) Category 9

Table C.1

Period of Attendance	In Patient Attendance Benefit
1 day	£ 50
2 days	£ 50
3 days	£ 50
4 days	£ 50
5 days	£ 50
6 days	£ 50
7 days	£ 59
8 days	£ 67
9 days	£ 75
10 days	£ 84
11 days	£ 92
12 days	£ 100
13 days	£ 109
14 days	£ 117
15 days	£125
Periods in excess of 15 days	£8 for each day in excess of 15 days
	plus £125

TABLE C.2