NDIS Line Item Finder

Why this route

A retrofit smart lock is home safety and entry/exit equipment, which the guide places in Assistive products for personal care and safety (page 24). Under $1,500 that category's low-cost item applies.

Conditions

• Not a home modification. Nothing is fixed to the building or wired in, so the Home Modifications (06) items do not apply; the guide reserves them for the installation of fixtures and fittings and for changes to the home itself (page 38).
• The item costs less than $1,500. Above that it is mid-cost AT and belongs in the Capital budget (page 15).
• Claimed from the Core - Consumables budget. There is no price limit: the invoice amount is claimed as that many units at the $1.00 notional price, so a $530 item is 530 units (page 12).
• No quote. Self-managed participants can buy from any supplier and claim through the myplace portal. Plan-managed participants pay through their plan manager. Agency-managed participants need a service booking, or on a PACE plan the provider recorded as a 'my provider' (pages 9 and 15).

Claim with it

• 03_710930080_0103_1_1Core - Consumables · Each · $1.00 · page 19

  Delivery - Personal care, Safety and Disability-related Health Consumables

  Delivery, set-up and training on the equipment, as a one-off linked to the primary item. Claim the primary item first, or in the same request (page 19).

  Guide: “Must be claimed as a secondary support.”

Why this route

A smart lock adapts a mainstream door lock so the participant can operate it reliably without grip, fine motor control or a key, which is this item's description (page 25). Consumables is the guide's rule for low-cost AT; this route is the exception it allows where the Capital AT budget has available funds: 'you can use a suitable code to claim these items there' (page 23).

Conditions

• Not a home modification. Nothing is fixed to the building or wired in, so the Home Modifications (06) items do not apply; the guide reserves them for the installation of fixtures and fittings and for changes to the home itself (page 38).
• Funded from the Capital - Assistive Technology budget, which is restricted to the item types identified in the plan. Check the comments beside the funded support: they say what type of AT is intended and its typical price band (pages 7 and 11).
• Mid-cost AT usually needs written evidence of the functional need. The guide says identifying a support in the plan may require an assessment by a suitable AT assessor, funded as therapeutic supports under Improved Daily Living Skills (page 10).
• The code guide does not require a quote, but the NDIS payment system applies a price limit to this item, set to cover more than 80% of the market. Where the agreed price is above the limit and the participant or nominee agrees in writing, the balance is claimed with the matching AT Supplementary Charge code, never the whole transaction (page 11).
• Claim whole units only. Fractional units are not permitted for AT without the NDIA's written authorisation (page 9).

Claim with it

• 05_711000080_0103_1_2Capital - Assistive Technology · Each · $1.00 · page 19

  Delivery - Personal care and safety AT

  Delivery, set-up and training on the equipment, as a one-off linked to the primary item. Claim the primary item first, or in the same request (page 19).

  Guide: “Must be claimed as a secondary support.”

• 05_0002_0103_1_2Capital - Assistive Technology · Each · $1.00 · page 11

  AT Supplementary Charge - AT Personal Care/Safety

  Only the balance above the item's price limit, as that many $1.00 units, with the participant's or nominee's written agreement (page 11).

  Guide: “AT Supplementary Charge codes are not quotable, nor subject to price limits but have a “notional” unit limit of $1.00. AT Supplementary Charge codes can only be used to claim the outstanding balance – not the whole supply transaction.”