Skin - MBS item (18362)

The following MBS item is included in this clinical category.

18362
Botulinum Toxin type A Purified Neurotoxin Complex (Botox), injection of, for the treatment of severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis, including all injections on any one day, if: (a)the patient is at least 12 years of age; and (b)the patient has been intolerant of, or has not responded to, topical aluminium chloride hexahydrate; and (c)the patient has not had treatment with botulinum toxin within the immediately preceding 4 months; and (d)if the patient has had treatment with botulinum toxin within the previous 12 months - the patient had treatment on no more than 2 separate occasions (Anaes.)