Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2001
23Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody tests
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23 Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody tests
For subsection 16A (3) of the Act, a request for an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody immunofluorescence test is taken to include a request for an antineutrophil proteinase 3 antibody test and an antimyeloperoxidase antibody test if:
(a) the immunofluorescence test performed as a result of the request is abnormal; or
(b) a previous immunofluorescence test was abnormal; or
(c) those antibodies have been previously detected.