Hospital psychiatric services - MBS item (14216)

The following MBS item is included in this clinical category.

14216
Professional attendance on a patient by a psychiatrist, who has undertaken training in Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), for treatment mapping for rTMS, if the patient: (a) has not previously received any prior transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy in a public or private setting; and (b) is at least 18 years old; and (c) is diagnosed with a major depressive episode; and (d) has failed to receive satisfactory improvement for the major depressive episode despite the adequate trialling of at least 2 different classes of antidepressant medications, unless contraindicated, and all of the following apply: (i) the patient’s adherence to antidepressant treatment has been formally assessed; (ii) the trialling of each antidepressant medication has been at the recommended therapeutic dose for a minimum of 3 weeks; (iii) where clinically appropriate, the treatment has been titrated to the maximum tolerated therapeutic dose; and (e) has undertaken psychological therapy, if clinically appropriate