Medicare Benefits are payable only if: a) the patient has an elevated transferrin saturation or elevated ferritin on testing of repeated speimens; or b) the patient has a first degree relative with haemochromatosis; or c) the patient has a first degree relative with homozygosity for the C282Y genetic mutation, or with compound heterozygosity for recognised genetic mutations for haemochromatosis.
If criteria is not met patient will be billed $36.45