MBS item 10929 ===== Subsequent contact lens fitting attendances for patients with medical or optical conditions (excluding refractive errors) requiring therapeutic contact lenses, as part of a course of care; applicable once per 36 months. Category 1 · Professional attendances[Group A10 · subgroup 1](/groups/A10) Schedule fee$250.40 100% benefitGP, out of hospital— 85% benefitOut of hospital$212.85 75% benefitIn hospital— The schedule fee for MBS item 10929 is $250.40. Medicare pays $212.85 (85%) out of hospital. Fee effective 1 July 2026. Gap for what you charge ----------------------- Your fee$ Out of hospital Medicare pays$212.85 Patient gap$37.55 Bulk billing means accepting $212.85 as full payment, with no gap and no extra charges. [Add incentives](/bulk-billing?item=10929) Extended Medicare Safety Net cap: $500.00 (300% of the schedule fee, up to $500.00). Once a patient reaches the EMSN threshold, the extra benefit for this item is 80% of their out-of-pocket cost, but no more than this cap. [How safety nets work](/guides/medicare-safety-nets) Item descriptor --------------- All professional attendances after the first, being those attendances regarded as a single service, in a single course of attention involving the prescription and fitting of contact lenses, for patients who have a medical or optical condition (other than myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, anisometropia or a condition to which item 10926, 10927 or 10928 applies) requiring the use of a contact lens for correction, if the condition is specified on the patient's account, being a course of attention for which the first attendance is a service to which: (a) item 10905, 10907, 10910, 10911, 10913, 10914, 10915 or 10916 applies; and(b) the contact lenses are not required for appearance, sporting, work or psychological reasons.Applicable once in a period of 36 months [Explanatory notes and rules on MBS Online ↗](https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=item&q=10929) Guides ------ - [How Medicare benefits work: schedule fees, 75%, 85% and 100%](/guides/how-medicare-benefits-work) - [Medicare safety nets explained: original and extended (EMSN) thresholds for 2026](/guides/medicare-safety-nets) - [In-hospital billing: the 75% benefit, the 25% fund benefit, and no-gap and known-gap schemes](/guides/in-hospital-billing-and-gap-cover) - [Bulk billing incentives and BBPIP explained: 2026 amounts by MM area](/guides/bulk-billing-incentives) - [The MBS multiple operation rule and surgical assistant fees](/guides/multiple-operation-rule) - [Assignment of benefit for bulk billing: the changes from 1 July 2026](/guides/assignment-of-benefit-2026) - [MBS telehealth rules: the eligible telehealth practitioner and phone items](/guides/mbs-telehealth-rules) - [GP chronic condition management plans: items 965 and 967 explained](/guides/chronic-condition-management-plans) - [Medicare billing compliance: claim time limits, records and the 80/20 rule](/guides/medicare-billing-compliance) Data source: [Australian Government Medicare Benefits Schedule](https://www.mbsonline.gov.au/) · Record updated 1 September 2026. Health fund rates come from each fund's published schedule. Verify item descriptors, rules and fees on [MBS Online](https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=item&q=10929) before billing. This is a reference tool, not billing or financial advice.