Suspected skin cancer excision service
Overview
Funding for this service is available to patients who hold a Community Services Card,are Māori or Pacific ethnicity or reside in quintile 5. Only one of these criteria need to apply. Other eligibilty criteria (triaged by teledermatology) still apply.
This service provides funding for excision of suspected skin cancers referred from a GP/practice to, and recommended for removal by, the Waikato DHB’s Tele-dermatology Service, or by the dermatologist from the MolemapTM service.
The suspected lesion is referred by the GP to Waikato Teledermatology, or by the dermatologist from the MolemapTM service.
Teledermatology/MolemapTM determines whether the lesion is malignant and whether it is appropriate for excision in primary care.
This information is messaged back from Teledermatology to the referring practice/GP for excision. Molemap referrals will be contained in the Molemap TM patient advice.
The lesion is removed by the referring GP if they are confident to do so, otherwise the patient can be referred to a fellow GP.
To ensure patients receive care close to home, a referral can be made across PHOs.
Please note that as complications may not be apparent until the time of removal of sutures, we ask that you submit the claim after the sutures are removed.
Your Pinnacle Services Contract applies to this service. By claiming for this service, you have indicated that you have read and agreed to the business rules set out here.
This is NOT a clinical guideline.
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