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Extracorporeal photopheresis for the treatment of chronic graft‑versus‑host disease, if: (a) the person is: (i) has received allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; and (ii) has been diagnosed with chronic graft versus host disease following the transplantation; and (iii) steroid treatment is clinically unsuitable as the disease is steroid refractory or the person is steroid‑dependent or steroid‑intolerant; and (b) the person has not previously received extracorporeal photopheresis treatment; and (c) the service is delivered using an integrated, closed extracorporeal photopheresis system; and (d) the service is provided in combination with the use of methoxsalen that is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; and (e) the service is provided by, or on behalf of, a specialist or consultant physician who: (i) is practising in the speciality of haematology or oncology; and (ii) has experience with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Applicable once per treatment session (H)