Attendance services for eligible disabilities

Eligibility of this service under 137 or 92141 (specialists and consultant physicians), 139 or 92142 (general practitioners)

'Eligible disabilities' for the purpose of these services means any of the following conditions:

(a) sight impairment that results in vision of less than or equal to 6/18 vision or equivalent field loss in the better eye, with correction;

(b) hearing impairment that results in:
      • a hearing loss of 40 decibels or greater in the better ear, across 4 frequencies; or
      • permanent conductive hearing loss and auditory neuropathy.

(c) deafblindness;

(d) cerebral palsy;

(e) Down syndrome;

(f) fragile X syndrome;

(g) Prader-Willi syndrome;

(h) Williams syndrome;

(i) Angelman syndrome;

(j) Kabuki syndrome;

(k) Smith-Magenis syndrome;

(l) CHARGE syndrome;

(m) Cri du Chat syndrome;

(n) Cornelia de Lange syndrome;

(o) microcephaly if a child has:
      • a head circumference less than the third percentile for age and sex; and
      • a functional level at or below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age on a standard developmental test, or an IQ score of less than 70 on a standardised test of intelligence;*

(p) Rett syndrome;

(q) fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD);

(r) Lesch-Nyhan syndrome; 

 (s) 22q deletion syndrome;

(t) stuttering;

(u) speech sound disorders, including articulation and phonological disorders, childhood apraxia of speech (also known as dyspraxia, developmental verbal dyspraxia, or speech apraxia), and dysarthria;

(v) cleft lip, cleft palate, or cleft lip and palate.

*"standard developmental test" refers to tests such as the Bayley Scales of Infant Development or the Griffiths Mental Development Scales; "standardised test of intelligence" means the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) or the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI). It is up to the clinical judgement of the diagnosing practitioner to determine which tests are appropriate to be used.