Gender discrimination will be removed from Medicare, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek will announce on Wednesday, meaning transgender and intersex people will not have to disclose or explain their gender in order to receive medical treatment.

Currently, some Medicare services are only available to men or women. Ms Plibersek said this had caused discrimination against some people who had been forced to have discussions about their gender identity in order to access a service or claim a rebate for one at a Medicare office.

Gina Wilson, president of Organistion Intersex International Australia, has welcomed moves to remove gender discrimination from Medicare. Credit:Dean Sewell

''For example, someone who has a uterus may actually identify their gender as male. Under current arrangements, some Medicare covered medical procedures involving the uterus are described as 'female' or for 'women','' Ms Plibersek said.

Under the changes, all references to gender will be removed from the descriptions of Medicare services. Ms Plibersek said the gender references would be removed by describing medical procedures in greater detail, or by using anatomical language.