| 2.4.3 HLA B27 typing
If a pathology service mentioned in item 71148 is rendered as a pathologist determinable service, the amount mentioned in the item is not payable for a pathology service mentioned in the item unless the recognised pathologist who renders the service records, in writing, the reasons for rendering the service and the result of the pathology service mentioned in item 71147.
2.4.4 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.
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