MBS Group T8 · Subgroup 11
Paediatric: MBS items and fees.
All 73 items in subgroup 11 of Group T8, surgical operations, with each item’s schedule fee and Medicare benefits, from the MBS edition of 1 November 2026.
Source: the MBS XML file of 1 November 2026, published by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. We update these pages for each MBS edition.
T8.11 Paediatric
73 items
| Item | Description | Fee and benefits |
|---|---|---|
| 43801 | INTESTINAL MALROTATION with or without volvulus, laparotomy for, not involving bowel resection (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,145.90 75% benefit $859.45 |
| 43804 | INTESTINAL MALROTATION with or without volvulus, laparotomy for, with bowel resection and anastomosis, with or without formation of stoma (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,219.90 75% benefit $914.95 |
| 43805 | UMBILICAL, EPIGASTRIC OR LINEA ALBA HERNIA, repair of, on a patient under 10 years of age (Anaes.) | $426.55 75% benefit $319.95 |
| 43807 | DUODENAL ATRESIA or STENOSIS, duodenoduodenostomy or duodenojejunostomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,330.95 75% benefit $998.25 |
| 43810 | JEJUNAL ATRESIA, bowel resection and anastomosis for, with or without tapering (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,552.75 75% benefit $1,164.60 |
| 43813 | MECONIUM ILEUS, laparotomy for, complicated by 1 or more of associated volvulus, atresia, intesinal perforation with or without meconium peritonitis (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,552.75 75% benefit $1,164.60 |
| 43816 | ILEAL ATRESIA, COLONIC ATRESIA OR MECONIUM ILEUS not being a service associated with a service to which item 43813 applies, laparotomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,441.80 75% benefit $1,081.35 |
| 43819 | Agangliosis Coli, laparotomy for, with or without frozen section biopsies and formation of stoma (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,164.60 75% benefit $873.45 |
| 43822 | ANORECTAL MALFORMATION, laparotomy and colostomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,164.60 75% benefit $873.45 |
| 43825 | NEONATAL ALIMENTARY OBSTRUCTION, laparotomy for, not being a service to which any other item in this Subgroup applies (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,330.95 75% benefit $998.25 |
| 43828 | ACUTE NEONATAL NECROTISING ENTEROCOLITIS, laparotomy for, with resection, including any anastomoses or stoma formation (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,470.45 75% benefit $1,102.85 |
| 43831 | ACUTE NEONATAL NECROTISING ENTEROCOLITIS where no definitive procedure is possible, laparotomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,145.90 75% benefit $859.45 |
| 43832 | Branchial fistula, removal of, on a patient under 10 years of age (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $781.50 75% benefit $586.15 |
| 43834 | BOWEL RESECTION for necrotising enterocolitis stricture or strictures, including any anastomoses or stoma formation (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,330.95 75% benefit $998.25 |
| 43835 | STRANGULATED, INCARCERATED OR OBSTRUCTED HERNIA, repair of, without bowel resection, on a patient under 10 years of age (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $811.15 75% benefit $608.40 |
| 43837 | CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA, repair by thoracic or abdominal approach, with diagnosis confirmed in the first 24 hours of life (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,663.60 75% benefit $1,247.70 |
| 43838 | Diaphragmatic hernia, congential repair of, by thoracic or abdominal approach, not being a service to which any of items 31569 to 31581 apply, on a patient under 10 years of age (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,489.45 75% benefit $1,117.10 |
| 43840 | CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA, repair by thoracic or abdominal approach, diagnosed after the first day of life and before 20 days of age (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,441.80 75% benefit $1,081.35 |
| 43841 | Femoral or inguinal hernia or infantile hydrocele, repair of, on a patient under 10 years of age, other than a service to which item 30651 or 43835 applies (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $722.70 75% benefit $542.05 |
| 43843 | OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA (with or without repair of tracheo-oesophageal fistula), complete correction of, not being a service to which item 43846 applies (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,218.25 75% benefit $1,663.70 |
| 43846 | OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA (with or without repair of tracheo-oesophageal fistula), complete correction of, in infant of birth weight less than 1500 grams (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,384.55 75% benefit $1,788.45 |
| 43849 | OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, gastrostomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $610.05 75% benefit $457.55 |
| 43852 | OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, thoracotomy for, and division of tracheo-oesophageal fistula without anastomosis (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,940.85 75% benefit $1,455.65 |
| 43855 | OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, delayed primary anastomosis for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,051.95 75% benefit $1,539.00 |
| 43858 | OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA, cervical oesophagostomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $720.85 75% benefit $540.65 |
| 43861 | CONGENITAL CYSTADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OR CONGENITAL LOBAR EMPHYSEMA, thoracotomy and lung resection for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,996.50 75% benefit $1,497.40 |
| 43864 | GASTROSCHISIS, operation for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,497.35 75% benefit $1,123.05 |
| 43867 | GASTROSCHISIS or Exomphalos, secondary operation for, with removal of silo (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $831.80 75% benefit $623.85 |
| 43870 | EXOMPHALOS containing small bowel only, operation for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,164.60 75% benefit $873.45 |
| 43873 | EXOMPHALOS containing small bowel and other viscera, operation for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,552.75 75% benefit $1,164.60 |
| 43876 | SACROCOCCYGEAL TERATOMA, excision of, by posterior approach (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,330.95 75% benefit $998.25 |
| 43879 | SACROCOCCYGEAL TERATOMA, excision of, by combined posterior and abdominal approach (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,552.75 75% benefit $1,164.60 |
| 43882 | Cloacal exstrophy, operation for (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,996.50 75% benefit $1,497.40 |
| 43900 | TRACHEO-OESOPHAGEAL FISTULA without atresia, division and repair of (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,330.95 75% benefit $998.25 |
| 43903 | OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA or CORROSIVE OESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE, oesophageal replacement for, utilizing gastric tube, jejunum or colon (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,218.25 75% benefit $1,663.70 |
| 43906 | OESOPHAGUS, resection of congenital, anastomic or corrosive stricture and anastomosis, not being a service to which item 43903 applies (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,940.85 75% benefit $1,455.65 |
| 43909 | TRACHEOMALACIA, aortopexy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,940.85 75% benefit $1,455.65 |
| 43912 | THORACOTOMY and excision of 1 or more of bronchogenic or enterogenous cyst or mediastinal teratoma (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,833.60 75% benefit $1,375.20 |
| 43915 | EVENTRATION, plication of diaphragm for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,386.40 75% benefit $1,039.80 |
| 43930 | HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS, pyloromyotomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $533.15 75% benefit $399.90 |
| 43933 | IDIOPATHIC INTUSSUSCEPTION, laparotomy and manipulative reduction of (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $624.10 75% benefit $468.10 |
| 43936 | INTUSSUSCEPTION, laparotomy and resection with anastomosis (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,164.60 75% benefit $873.45 |
| 43939 | VENTRAL HERNIA following neonatal closure of exomphalos or gastroschisis, repair of (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $887.25 75% benefit $665.45 |
| 43942 | ABDOMINAL WALL VITELLO INTESTINAL REMNANT, excision of (Anaes.) | $277.30 75% benefit $208.00 |
| 43945 | PATENT VITELLO INTESTINAL DUCT, excision of (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,164.60 75% benefit $873.45 |
| 43948 | UMBILICAL GRANULOMA, excision of, under general anaesthesia (Anaes.) | $166.45 75% benefit $124.85 |
| 43951 | GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX with or without hiatus hernia, laparotomy and fundoplication for, without gastrostomy (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,042.85 75% benefit $782.15 |
| 43954 | GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX with or without hiatus hernia, laparotomy and fundoplication for, with gastrostomy (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,275.65 75% benefit $956.75 |
| 43957 | GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX, LAPAROTOMY AND FUNDOPLICATION for, with or without hiatus hernia, in child with neurological disease, with gastrostomy (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,386.40 75% benefit $1,039.80 |
| 43960 | ANORECTAL MALFORMATION, perineal anoplasty of (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $487.75 75% benefit $365.85 |
| 43963 | ANORECTAL MALFORMATION, posterior sagittal anorectoplasty of (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,940.85 75% benefit $1,455.65 |
| 43966 | ANORECTAL MALFORMATION, posterior sagittal anorectoplasty of, with laparotomy (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,218.25 75% benefit $1,663.70 |
| 43969 | PERSISTENT CLOACA, total correction of, with genital repair using posterior sagittal approach, with or without laparotomy (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $3,050.15 75% benefit $2,287.65 |
| 43972 | CHOLEDOCHAL CYST, resection of, with 1 duct anastomosis (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,218.25 75% benefit $1,663.70 |
| 43975 | CHOLEDOCHAL CYST, resection of, with 2 duct anastomoses (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,606.55 75% benefit $1,954.95 |
| 43978 | BILIARY ATRESIA, portoenterostomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,218.25 75% benefit $1,663.70 |
| 43981 | NEPHROBLASTOMA, NEUROBLASTOMA OR OTHER MALIGNANT TUMOUR, laparotomy (exploratory), including associated biopsies, where no other intra-abdominal procedure is performed (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $610.05 75% benefit $457.55 |
| 43984 | NEPHROBLASTOMA, radical nephrectomy for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,552.75 75% benefit $1,164.60 |
| 43987 | NEUROBLASTOMA, radical excision of (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $1,719.20 75% benefit $1,289.40 |
| 43990 | Aganglionosis Coli, definitive resection with pull-through anastomosis, with or without frozen section biopsies, when aganglionic segment extends to sigmoid colon (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,107.45 75% benefit $1,580.60 |
| 43993 | Aganglionosis Coli, definitive resection with pull-through anastomosis, with or without frozen section biopsies, when aganglionic segment extends into descending or transverse colon with or without resiting of stoma (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,273.75 75% benefit $1,705.35 |
| 43996 | Aganglionosis Coli, total colectomy for total colonic aganglionosis with ileoanal pull-through, with or without side to side ileocolic anastomosis (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $2,551.00 75% benefit $1,913.25 |
| 43999 | Aganglionosis Coli, anal sphincterotomy as an independent procedure for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $319.00 75% benefit $239.25 |
| 44101 | RECTUM, examination of, on a patient under 2 years of age, under general anaesthesia with full thickness biopsy or removal of polyp or similar lesion (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $399.85 75% benefit $299.90 |
| 44102 | RECTUM, examination of, on a patient 2 years of age or over, under general anaesthesia with full thickness biopsy or removal of polyp or similar lesion (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $307.60 75% benefit $230.70 |
| 44104 | Rectal prolapse, submucosal or perirectal injection for, under general anaesthesia, on a patient under 2 years of age (H) (Anaes.) | $70.25 75% benefit $52.70 |
| 44105 | Rectal prolapse, submucosal or perirectal injection for, under general anaesthesia, on a patient 2 years of age or over (H) (Anaes.) | $53.95 75% benefit $40.50 |
| 44108 | Inguinal hernia, laparoscopic or open repair of, at age less than 12 months (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $722.70 75% benefit $542.05 |
| 44111 | Obstructed or strangulated inguinal hernia, laparoscopic or open repair of, at age less than 12 months, including orchidopexy when performed (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $811.15 75% benefit $608.40 |
| 44114 | Inguinal hernia, laparoscopic or open repair of, at age less than 12 months when orchidopexy also required (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $811.15 75% benefit $608.40 |
| 44130 | Lymphadenectomy, for atypical mycobacterial infection or other granulomatous disease (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $554.50 75% benefit $415.90 |
| 44133 | TORTICOLLIS, open division of sternomastoid muscle for (Anaes.) (Assist.) | $440.10 75% benefit $330.10 |
| 44136 | Ingrown toe nail, operation for, under general anaesthesia (H) (Anaes.) | $202.90 75% benefit $152.20 |
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