Refer a Patient
Refer a Patient to the Craniofacial Center
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Locations and Contact Information
Locations
Seattle Children’s Craniofacial teams provide care in Seattle, Bellevue, Everett, Federal Way and Tri-Cities.
Referrals and scheduling
Referral fax number: 206-985-3121
Referral questions: 206-987-2080, option 4
Provider-to-provider communication
- For urgent clinical questions, defined as a clinical question that requires immediate attention due to its potential impact on patient health or safety but is not life-threatening, call our Provider-to-Provider line at 206-987-7777 or 877-985-4637 (toll free) to speak to our on-call Craniofacial pediatrician or surgeon.
- If you are directing or transporting a patient to the Emergency Department or Urgent Care, please call Mission Control at 206-987-8899 or 866-987-8899 (toll free).
- For non-urgent clinical questions, please see information below on submitting an eConsult.
- For co-management questions related to an existing problem for a shared patient, please send an InBasket message via EpicCare Link.
- If you would like to have one of our Craniofacial team members provide in-person or virtual education with your clinic, please contact our Physician Relations team to coordinate.
How to Refer a Patient
Please note that while we encourage referrals from their PCP, patients may self-refer to the Craniofacial Center.
We encourage use of our New Appointment Request Form (PDF or DOC) or submitting a referral via EpicCare Link. Please complete these forms in their entirety to ensure timely processing of your patient’s referral. If your clinic uses its own referral form, please ensure all fields listed in the NARF are included in your documentation.
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No pre-referral work-up is required, but it is helpful to receive clinical information such as head circumference and a description of head shape. If you have already done a work-up, please fax the information with the NARF. If imaging studies (CT, MRI, X-rays) have been done, please upload to PowerShare or mail disc to:
Seattle Children's Craniofacial Center
P.O. Box 5371/OB.9.520
Seattle, WA 98145-5005
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Additional referral information
When referring a patient for plagiocephaly:
- If your patient has classic head-shape abnormalities consistent with plagiocephaly, please refer them directly to Orthotics and Prosthetics.
- Before imaging a patient you are concerned about, consider contacting us first. We can often make a diagnosis clinically without imaging.
eConsult Information
An eConsult is a non-urgent asynchronous electronic consultation request initiated by a community provider to a Seattle Children’s specialist, submitted using EpicCare Link. It allows community providers to receive timely, efficient care guidance on lower-complexity and data-oriented clinical questions that may not require an in-person evaluation.
The Craniofacial Center offers eConsults for the following conditions:
- Skull Size and Shape
- Cleft Lip and Palate
- Unspecified Clinical Question
For more information on eConsults, including helpful resources and instructions on obtaining access to EpicCare Link, please visit our EpicCare Link and eConsults page.
Algorithms and Resources for Community Providers
We’ve provided resources below to assist you in managing patients in the primary care setting and knowing when to refer. To suggest additional resources from Seattle Children’s that would be useful to primary care providers, please email [email protected].
Resources from Seattle Children’s
- Advice on Diagnosing Plagiocephaly (Article, August 2018)
- Algorithm: Head Shape