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Gastroenterology

Statewide referral criteria

Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital gastroenterology services for adults

Conditions

Abnormal liver function tests

Criteria for referring adults with abnormal liver function tests to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Chronic refractory constipation

Criteria for referring adults with chronic refractory constipation to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Chronic refractory diarrhoea

Criteria for referring adults with chronic refractory diarrhoea to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Cirrhosis

Criteria for referring adults with cirrhosis to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Coeliac disease

Criteria for referring adults with coeliac disease to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Constipation with sentinel findings

Criteria for referring adults with constipation with sentinel findings to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Diarrhoea with sentinel findings

Criteria for referring adults with diarrhoea with sentinel findings to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Dysphagia - gastroenterology

Criteria for referring adults with dysphagia to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital.

Dysphagia - diagnostic gastroscopy

Criteria for referring adults for a diagnostic gastroscopy for dysphagia to a Victorian public hospital that offers direct access to gastroscopy

Gastroesophageal reflux

Criteria for referring adults with gastroesophageal reflux to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Hepatitis B

Criteria for referring adults with hepatitis B to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Hepatitis C

Criteria for referring adults with hepatitis C to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Inflammatory bowel disease

Criteria for referring adults with inflammatory bowel disease to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Persistent iron deficiency

Criteria for referring adults with persistent iron deficiency to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) - diagnostic colonoscopy

Criteria for referring adults that have a positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) for a diagnostic colonoscopy in a Victorian public hospital that offers direct access to colonoscopy

Rectal bleeding

Criteria for referring adults with rectal bleeding to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital

Reviewed 30 May 2025

Statewide Referral Criteria

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