The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1988

Regulation 2(5)

SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 4 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS

Regulation 2(3)

“SCHEDULE 4 UNIT VALUES FOR PURPOSE OF DETERMINING CHARGES FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES

Group A: 1 unit value for each procedure

Abdomen erect and/or supine

Acromio-clavicular joint(s)

Ankle

Chest PA and/or lateral and/or obliques and/or rib views

Clavicle

Elbow

Femur

Finger or fingers of one hand

Foot

Foreign body demonstration

Hand

Hip

Humerus

Knee

Larynx

Localisation of treatment field

Mandible

Nasal bones

Calcaneum

Patella

Pathological specimen

Pelvis

Hips and pelvis

Post-nasal space

Radius and ulna

Sacro-iliac joints

Sacrum and/or coccyx

Scapula

Shoulder

Sinuses and antra

Sterno-clavicular joint

Sternum

Teeth

Thoracic inlet

Thumb

Tibia and fibula

Toe or toes of one foot

Wrist

Perineum

Soft tissues of neck

Group B: 2.5 unit values for each procedure

Cholangiography, post-operative

Cholecystography

Facial bones and/or cephalometry

Fluoroscopy with mobile image intensifier

Mammography

Mastoids

Orthopaedic measurement

Pelvimetry

Pneumothorax, diagnostic

Skull and/or pituitary fossa and/or optic foramina and/or internal auditory meati

Small bowel biopsy

Spine

Lumbar spine

Lumbo-sacral spine

Lumbo-sacral spine and sacro-iliac joints

Lumbo-sacral spine with obliques

Cervical spine

Cervical spine with obliques

Cervical spine with obliques and flexion and extension views

Lumbar spine and cervical spine on one patient

Teeth, panoramic tomography

Temporo-mandibular joints

Ultrasound, all types

Salivary glands

Skeletal survey

Group C: 6 unit values for each procedure

Cholangiography, operative

Cystography

Cystometrography

Cysto-urethrography

Dacrocystography

Endoscopy

Foreign body localisation

Gastro-intestinal tract, upper (includes examination to the mouth of the upper small bowel or any part thereof)

Orthopaedic pinning

Hysterosalpingography

Intra-uterine transfusion

Kidney, exposed

Laryngography

Mammary ductography

Retrograde pyelography and/or ascending ureterography

Sialography

Sinography

Tomography, as a separate examination

Urethrography

Cholangiography, infusion

Cholangiography, intravenous

Gastro-intestinal tract, lower

Pharyngography

Fluoroscopy, other

Computed tomography of the Head without contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Head with contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Neck without contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Neck with contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Thorax without contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Thorax with contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Abdomen without contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Abdomen with contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Pelvis without contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Pelvis with contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of a Limb without contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of a Limb with contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Spine without contrast enhancement

Computed tomography of the Spine with contrast enhancement

Group D: 12 Unit vales for each procedure

Aminiography

Arthrography

Biopsy and/or aspiration under imaging control (includes Amniocentesis including ultrasound examination before and after the procedure)

Bronchography

Cholangiograpy, percutaneous

Excretion urography

Gastro-intestinal tract, upper including small bowel

Gynaecography

Stereotaxis

Nerve injection under imaging control

Ventriculography

Nephrostogram, post operative

Antegrade pyelography

Group E: 30 Unit values for each procedure

Aortography

Bile duct, external drainage

Cardiac catheterisation without angiocardiography

Discography

Insertion of pacemaker

Lymphangiography

Myelography

Nephrostomy, percutaneous

Phlebography

Programmed stimulation study

Retrograde cholangio-pancreatography

Lumbar radiculography

Meatography

Shuntography

Group F: 60 unit values for each procedure

Angiocardiography

Angioplasty, including angiography pre- and post-angioplasty

Arteriography, all types

Embolisation

Encephalography

Pituitary implant

Magnetic resonance imaging

Bile duct, internal drainage

Bile duct, dilation of stricture

Bile duct, stone extraction

Kidney, stent insertion

Kidney, stone extraction or destruction

Dilatation of oesophageal stricture

Dilatation of pyloric stenosis

Insertion of caval filters

Management of varicocoele

Removal of intravascular foreign body

Ablation of function of spleen

Ablation of function of kidney

Ablation of function of parathyroid

Ablation of function of adrenal

Cisternography”