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Health Insurance (1997-98 Pathology Services Table) Regulations
Part 4Complexity levels for histopathology items
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Part 4 Complexity levels for histopathology items
| Specimen Type | Complexity Level |
|---|---|
| Adrenal resection, neoplasm | 5 |
| Adrenal resection, not neoplasm | 4 |
| Aneurysm — all types | 3 |
| Anus, fissure or fistula | 3 |
| Anus, haemorrhoids | 3 |
| Anus tag | 3 |
| Appendix | 3 |
| Artery, atheromatous plaque | 3 |
| Artery, biopsy | 4 |
| Bartholin’s gland — cyst | 3 |
| Bile duct, resection — all specimens | 6 |
| Bone, biopsy, currettings or fragments — lesion | 5 |
| Bone, biopsy or currettings quantitation — metabolic disease | 6 |
| Bone, femoral head | 4 |
| Bone, resection, neoplasm — all sites and types | 6 |
| Bone marrow, biopsy | 4 |
| Bone — all specimens not otherwise specified | 4 |
| Brain neoplasm, resection — cerebello-pontine angle | 4 |
| Brain or meninges, biopsy — all lesions | 5 |
| Brain or meninges, not neoplasm — temporal lobe | 6 |
| Brain or meninges, resection — neoplasm (intracranial) | 5 |
| Brain or meninges, resection — not neoplasm | 4 |
| Branchial cleft, cyst | 4 |
| Breast, biopsy, excision — non-palpable malignant neoplasm | 6 |
| Breast, biopsy, excision — palpable malignant neoplasm | 6 |
| Breast, biopsy, needle with localization | 6 |
| Breast, mastectomy with nodes (including radical) | 6 |
| Breast tissue — not otherwise specified | 4 |
| Bronchus, biopsy |