Category 6 - PATHOLOGY SERVICES
PN.0.31
Groups of Tests
For the purposes of recording a description of the pathology service on accounts etc, an Approved Pathology Practitioner /Authority may use group abbreviations or group descriptions for the following specified groups of tests. These groups consist of two or more tests within the same item. These groups exclude abbreviations such as MBA and TORCH.
Treating practitioners are encouraged to use these group abbreviations or group descriptions where appropriate.
For ease of identification of group tests, it is recommended that practitioners use the following abbreviations. Tests requested individually may attract Medicare benefits.
|
Group |
Estimations included in Group |
Group Abbreviation |
Item Numbers |
|
Cardiac enzymes or cardiac markers |
Creatine kinase isoemzymes, Myoglobin, Troponin |
CE / CM |
66518, 66519 |
|
Coagulation studies |
Full blood count, Prothrombin time, Activated partial thromboplastin time and two or more of the following tests - Fibrinogen, Thrombin, Clotting time, Fibrinogen degradation products, Fibrin monomer, D-dimer factor XIII screening tests |
COAG |
65129, 65070 |
|
Electrolytes |
Sodium (NA), Potassium (K), Chloride (CL) and Bicarbonate (HCO3) |
E |
66509 |
|
Full Blood Examination |
Erythrocyte count, Haematocrit, Haemoglobin, Platelet count, Red cell count, Leucocyte count, Manual or instrument generated differential, Morphological assessment of blood film where appropriate |
FBE, FBC, CBC |
65070 |
|
Lipid studies |
Cholesterol (CHOL) and Triglycerides (TRIG) |
FATS |
66503 |
|
Liver function tests |
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Albumin (ALB), Bilirubin (BIL), Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and Protein (PROT) |
LFT |
66512 |
|
Syphilis serology |
Rapid plasma regain test (RPR), or Venereal disease research laboratory test (VDRL), and Treponema pallidum haemagglutination test (TPHA), or Fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test (FTA) |
STS |
69387 |
|
Urea, Electrolytes, Creatinine |
Urea, Electrolytes, Creatinine |
U&E |
66512 |
Legend
- Assist - Addition/Deletion of (Assist.)
- Amend - Amended Description
- Anaes - Anaesthetic Values Amended
- Emsn - EMSN Change
- Fee - Fee Amended
- Renum - Item Number Change (renumbered)
- New - New Item
- NewMin - New Item (previous Ministerial Determination)
- Qfe - QFE Change