Home Chronic Knee Pain
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Knee pain, chronic, joint effusion on radiography 3148609
MRI knee without IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually appropriate
US knee
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
May be appropriate
(Disagreement)
Radiography hip ipsilateral
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
0.3-3 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢
May be appropriate
Radiography lumbar spine
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢
May be appropriate
Image-guided aspiration knee

Varies

Varies
May be appropriate
MR arthrography knee
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
May be appropriate
CT arthrography knee
<0.1 mSv
0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢
May be appropriate
CT knee without IV contrast
<0.1 mSv
0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢
May be appropriate
MRI knee without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
CT knee with IV contrast
<0.1 mSv
0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT knee without and with IV contrast
<0.1 mSv
0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
Bone scan knee
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢

Usually not appropriate