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Rheumatology 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 — Rheumatology.

Wrong door / do not refer

  • Paediatrics → Queensland Children's Hospital.
  • Osteoporosis → Endocrinology.
  • GCA with visual symptoms → ED and phone Rheumatology.

Haematology / Oncology / Rheumatology enquiries

(07) 5687 2708

Conditions

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

ConditionThis siteOfficial RYP
Axial Spondyloarthritis – Ankylosing Spondylitis Name + RYP Open source
Connective Tissue Disease - SLE, Scleroderma, MCTD, Sjogren’s Syndrome and undifferentiated or overlap CTDs Name + RYP Open source
Crystal Arthritis – Gout and CPPD (pseudogout) Name + RYP Open source
Giant Cell Arteritis/Temporal Arteritis Name + RYP Open source
Myositis - polymyositis, dermatomyositis, CTD associated myositis and undifferentiated inflammatory myositis Name + RYP Open source
Peripheral Spondyloarthritis - Psoriatic arthritis and Reactive arthritis Name + RYP Open source
Polymyalgia Rheumatica Name + RYP Open source
Rheumatoid Arthritis Name + RYP Open source
Vasculitis (non GCA/Temporal Arteritis) 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