New stool test rebate will allow GPs to exclude IBD
The calprotectin test for symptomatic patients will spare many from colonoscopy, a gastroenterologist says
An MBS item for GPs to order a faecal calprotectin test to rule out IBD will be introduced in November following a federal budget commitment.
GPs will be able to order the test (schedule fee of $75) for patients after more than six weeks of relevant symptoms, so long as an infectious diseases cause has been excluded and the patient is unlikely to have cancer.
