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Note: the service only applies if the patient meets the requirements of the descriptor and the requirements of Note: IR.1.2 Serial real time transthoracic echocardiographic examination of the heart with real time colour flow mapping from at least 4 acoustic windows, with recordings on digital media, if the service: (a) is for the investigation of a fetus with suspected or confirmed: (i) complex congenital heart disease; or (ii) functional heart disease; or (iii) fetal cardiac arrhythmia; or (iv) cardiac structural abnormality requiring confirmation; and (b) is performed by a specialist or consultant physician practising in the speciality of cardiology with advanced training and expertise in fetal cardiac imaging; and (c) is not associated with a service to which: (i) an item in Subgroup 2 applies (except items 55118 and 55130); or (ii) an item in Subgroup 3 applies (R)