Condition |
Details (where applicable) |
Acquired brain injury |
Excluded condition when the following features apply:
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Botulinum therapy for chronic migraine |
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Certification of a patient’s ability to drive, for private standards, in the presence of a neurological condition |
Excluded condition except in the following circumstances:
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Chronic headache where standard treatment has not been tried |
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Chronic low back pain, neck pain or radicular pain; chronic pain or non-specific pain syndromes |
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Chronic neurological conditions that are well controlled and do not require additional intervention (e.g. chronic epileptic patient on stable drug therapy and no seizures for 10 years) |
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Cognitive impairment > 65 years old |
- Refer to geriatric medicine or aged care as appropriate.
- Patients whose primary and major diagnosis/symptomatology are alcohol, drug or psychiatry related, consider referral to alcohol and drug service or mental health service as first line.
- See HealthPathways: Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
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Distal symmetrical painful sensory neuropathy associated with diabetes or alcoholism |
Excluded condition when the following features apply:
- Patients with long history of distal symmetrical painful sensory neuropathy associated with diabetes or alcoholism referred for pain management. Refer to pain management clinic.
- See HealthPathways: Neuropathic Pain
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Lyme disease or Lyme-like illness |
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Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
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Neurological symptoms due to treatment non-adherence (e.g. seizures) |
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Parkinson’s disease > 65 years old unless referred by specialist |
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Restless leg syndrome |
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Small‑fibre neuropathy previously diagnosed by a neurologist |
Excluded condition when the following features apply:
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Seizures known to relate to drug/alcohol use |
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Sleep disorders |
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Syncope |
- Refer to cardiology or general medicine.
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Tremor of long duration or milder severity |
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Uncomplicated Bell’s palsy |
Excluded condition for the following:
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Vertigo with hearing loss |
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Worker's compensation and medico-legal cases |
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