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Maxillofacial Surgery · Refer Your Patient
Copied from the official Gold Coast Health condition page (27 Aug 2026). Hospital triage assigns the official category. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Head and Neck Cancer (Maxillofacial Surgery).
Cat 1 · 30 days
appointment within 30 calendar days. - Lump and suspected neoplasms - Malignant melanoma (or suspected) - Skin cancers with neck nodes metastasis - Head and neck lumps of unknown origin. - Rapidly growing head and neck cancers - Oral or oropharyngeal cancers
Cat 2 · 90 days
appointment within 90 calendar days. - Salivary gland lumps - Salivary gland infection - Salivary calculi - Sialoadenitis/ Sialolithiasis
Cat 3 · 365 days
appointment within 365 calendar days. - No Category 3 criteria
Referral will be returned without this. If a mandatory test cannot be obtained, say so in the referral.
- Presenting symptoms including evolution and duration - Physical findings - CT scan head and neck and other relevant imaging - Facial nerve evaluation - Biopsy results
The following conditions are out of scope for this service: - General dental (including wisdom teeth removal and dental implants) for patients without eligibility* *Eligibility when referred from public oral health service, or if the patient has any of the following conditions; - Acute unmanageable dental infections - Non-healing of extraction sites - Dental extraction in medically compromised patients (e.g. Patients suffering from Hemophilia, cardiac disease, thoracic disease, multiple co- morbidities) - Patients requiring extraction of teeth prior to head and neck radiotherapy or cardiac surgery - Hypodontia, delayed eruption of teeth
Parent service: Maxillofacial Surgery
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