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Ears, Nose, Throat (ENT) Statewide CPC

GCUH

Statewide CPC applies — hospital triage assigns the official category. Open the live Refer Your Patient page for condition-level Cat 1/2/3. <a href="/cpc">Category windows</a>. Live source: Refer Your Patient — Ears, Nose, Throat (ENT).

Wrong door / do not refer

  • Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: phone the ENT registrar. The CMS sudden-SNHL condition page is broken — do not rely on it.
  • Wax, hearing aids, and cosmetic work are out of scope.

SOPD / clinic enquiries

1300 559 083

Usual specialist outpatient enquiry number unless an exception is listed.

Conditions

Condition pages include published Cat 1/2/3 and essential tests where Refer Your Patient had them.

ConditionThis siteOfficial RYP
Allergic Rhinitis/nasal congestion/obstruction Name + RYP Open source
Barotrauma Name + RYP Open source
Chronic ear disease Name + RYP Open source
Dizziness/vertigo Name + RYP Open source
Dysphagia (ENT) Name + RYP Open source
Dysphonia Name + RYP Open source
Dysphonia/hoarseness Name + RYP Open source
Ear drum perforation or Chronic ear disease Name + RYP Open source
Epistaxis (recurrent) Name + RYP Open source
Epistaxis (recurrent) Name + RYP Open source
Head and neck mass (ENT) Name + RYP Open source
Hearing loss Name + RYP Open source
Hearing loss - Confirmed Name + RYP Open source
hearing-loss-sudden-rapid-onset Name + RYP Open source
Nasal allergic rhinitis/ congestion/obstruction Name + RYP Open source
Nasal fracture (acute) Name + RYP Open source
Nasal fracture - Acute Name + RYP Open source
Neck mass Name + RYP Open source
Obstructive sleep apnoea (ENT) Name + RYP Open source
Oropharyngeal lesions Name + RYP Open source
Otitis media – acute otitis media with or without perforation Name + RYP Open source
Otitis media – with effusion (OME or glue ear) Name + RYP Open source
Primary parathyroid adenoma Name + RYP Open source
Rhinosinusitis (chronic/recurrent) Name + RYP Open source
Salivary tumour Name + RYP Open source
Sialolithiasis (salivary stones) Name + RYP Open source
Skull base lesion Name + RYP Open source
Sleep disordered breathing/ obstructive sleep apnoea Name + RYP Open source
Stridor Name + RYP Open source
Thyroid mass Name + RYP Open source
Tinnitus - pulsatile/unilateral Name + RYP Open source
Tonsillitis (recurrent) Name + RYP Open source
Tonsillitis (recurrent) or tonsillar enlargement Name + RYP Open source

How referrals are sent

HealthPathways

Sign in for localised assessment and management. HealthPathways does not send the referral. Register: gchealthpathways@health.qld.gov.au

goldcoast.communityhealthpathways.org

Official sources