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Copied from the official Gold Coast Health condition page (27 Aug 2026). Hospital triage assigns the official category. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Liver cirrhosis.
Cat 1 · 30 days
appointment within 30 calendar days. - Suspected advanced liver disease/ cirrhosis (on clinical features, non-invasive testing, imaging, or histology) with concerning features: - Evidence of liver decompensation e.g. jaundice and/or ascites and/or encephalopathy - Child-Pugh score >B7, Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score >9 (embed links for online calculators) - Elevated alpha-fetoprotein or space occupying lesion on imaging
Cat 2 · 90 days
appointment within 90 calendar days. - Suspected advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis on clinical features, non-invasive testing, imaging, or histology without concerning features
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.
- General referral information including details of presenting issues - Comorbidities and past medical history - Family history of liver cancer or other liver disease/s - Alcohol and medication history (including non-prescription, herbs and supplements) - Risk factors for viral hepatitis - Height, weight and BMI Recent (<6 months) upper abdominal ultrasound or CT reports. Surveillance imaging to remain up to date whilst on wait list - ELFT, FBC, INR results less than 3 months old - Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) results (<6 months) - HBV, HCV and iron studies results If a specific test result cannot be obtained due to access, financial, religious, cultural or consent reasons a clinical override may be requested. This reason must be clearly articulated in the body of the referral.
There are currently no out of scope conditions for this service.
Parent service: Hepatology
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