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Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2001
Part 5Complexity levels for histopathology items
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Part 5 Complexity levels for histopathology items
| Specimen type | Complexity level |
|---|---|
| Adrenal resection, neoplasm | 5 |
| Adrenal resection, not neoplasm | 4 |
| Anus, all specimens not otherwise specified | 3 |
| Anus, neoplasm, biopsy | 4 |
| Anus, neoplasm, radical resection | 6 |
| Appendix | 3 |
| Artery, all specimens not otherwise specified | 3 |
| Artery, biopsy | 4 |
| Bartholin’s gland — cyst | 3 |
| Bile duct, resection — all specimens | 6 |
| Bone, biopsy, curettings or fragments — lesion | 5 |
| Bone, biopsy or curettings 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, excision biopsy, guidewire localisation — non‑palpable lesion | 6 |
| Breast, excision biopsy, or radical resection, malignant neoplasm or atypical proliferative disease — all specimen types | 6 |
| Breast, incision biopsy or needle biopsy, malignant neoplasm — all specimen types | 4 |
| Breast, microdochectomy | 6 |
| Breast tissue — all specimens not otherwise specified |