NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (RECOGNITION & REFERRAL)
An umbrella code for any ear growth of unspecified behaviour; the GP's role is recognising a mass and referring for biopsy and specialist assessment, not prescribing. - Refer
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
An umbrella code for any ear growth of unspecified behaviour; the GP's role is recognising a mass and referring for biopsy and specialist assessment, not prescribing.
- Rare in Egyptian primary care.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
- RED FLAG - Rapid growth, bleeding or ulceration, or associated facial nerve weakness or hearing loss: refer urgently.