Category 8 - MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
MN.13.19
Requesting Requirements
Pathology Services
Determination of Necessity of Service
The participating midwife requesting a pathology service for a woman must determine that the pathology service is necessary.
Request for Service
The service may only be provided in response to a request from the treating practitioner and the request must be in writing (or, if oral, confirmed in writing within fourteen days).
Pathology Services approved for participating midwives
| FBC (item 65070) | vaginal /anal swab/GBS (69312)* varicella 69384 - 69401 (antibody test) parvo virus 69384 - 69401 |
| Hb (item 65060) | rubella titre syphilis Hep B/C - items 69405, 69408, 69411, 69413 or 69415 HIV |
| Group and antibodies ( items 65090, 65093, 65096 ) glucose load (items 66545, 66548) |
Serum Bilirubin (SBR); 66500 |
| Downs Syndrome/ Spina Bifida (items 66743, 66750, 66751) | Direct Coombs; 65114 |
| eye swab (69303) | Blood glucose level (item 66500) |
| skin swab (69306) | Cord PH and gases cord (O2 and CO2) (Item 66566) |
| skin scrapings (69309) | Group and Hold (item 65099) |
| Chlamydia (item 69316) | Coagulation Studies (items 65129, 65070) |
| Gonorrhea (item 69317) | Mid stream urine (item 69324) |
| Cervical screening (items 73070, 73071, 73075, 73076) | HCG (item 73529) |
Diagnostic Imaging Services
Determination of Necessity of Service
The participating midwife requesting a diagnostic imaging service for a woman must determine that the diagnostic imaging service is necessary for the appropriate professional care of the patient.
Request for Service
The service may only be provided in response to a request from the treating practitioner, and the request must be in writing, signed and dated.
The request does not have to be in a particular form. However, legislation provides that a request must be in writing and contain sufficient information, in terms that are generally understood by the profession, to clearly identify the item/s of service requested. This includes, where relevant, noting on the request the clinical indication(s) for the requested service. The provision of additional relevant clinical information can often assist the service provider, and enhance the overall service provided to the patient.
It is not necessary that a written request for a diagnostic imaging service be addressed to a particular provider or that, if the request is addressed to a particular provider, the service must be rendered by that provider.
A single request may be used to order a number of diagnostic imaging services. However, all services provided under this request must be rendered within seven days after rendering the first service.
Ultrasound:
| Routine morphology scan (item 55706) | Nuchal Translucency (item 55707) |
| Early dating scan ( item 55700) | Post 22 weeks scan (item 55718) |
| Scan at 12-16 weeks (item 55704) |
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- 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