Transcription of PRESCRIBED MINIMUM BENEFITS Categories …
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PRESCRIBED MINIMUM BENEFITSC ategories ( diagnosis and Treatment Pairs) constituting thePrescribed MINIMUM BENEFITS Package under section 29 (1) (o) of theMedical Schemes Act (listed by Organ-System chapter)BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEMCode: diagnosis :Treatment:906 AAcute generalised paralysis, includingpolio and Guillain-BarreMedical management ; ventilation andplasmapheresis341 ABasal ganglia, extra-pyramidaldisorders; other dystonias nosInitial diagnosis ; initiation of medicalmanagement950 ABenign and malignant brain tumours,treatableMedical and surgical management ,which includes radiation therapy andchemotherapy49 ACompound/depressed fractures of skullCraniotomy/craniectomy213 ADifficulty in breathing, eating,swallowing, bowel, or bladder controldue to non-progressive neurological(including spinal) condition or injuryMedical and surgical management ;ventilation83 AEncephalocele; congenitalhydrocephalusShunt; surgery902 AEpilepsy (status epilepticus, initialdiagnosis, candidate for neurosurgery)Medical management ; ventilation;neurosurgery211 AIntraspinal and intracranial abscessMedical and surgical management905 AMeningitis acute and subacuteMedical and surgical management513 AMyasthenia gravis; musculardystrophy; neuro-myopathies nosInitial diagnosis ; initiation of medicalmanagement; therapy for acutecomplications and exacerbations510 APeripheral nerve injury with openwoundNeuroplasty940 AReversible CNS abnormalities due toother systemic diseaseMedi
up to 2 months 684A Viral meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis Medical management EYE Code: Diagnosis: Treatment: 47B Acute orbital cellulitis Medical and surgical management
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