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Home Suspected Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, or Soft Tissue Infection (Excluding Spine and Diabetic Foot)
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Osteomyelitis suspected, wrist, implanted extra articular surgical hardware, radiography findings suggest osteomyelitis, next imaging study 3195575
MRI wrist without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI wrist without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
US wrist
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
CT wrist with IV contrast
<0.1 mSv
☢
May be appropriate
CT wrist without IV contrast
<0.1 mSv
☢
May be appropriate
3-phase bone scan and WBC scan wrist
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
May be appropriate
FDG-PET/CT skull base to mid-thigh
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
WBC scan and sulfur colloid scan wrist
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
May be appropriate
WBC scan wrist
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
May be appropriate
Image-guided aspiration wrist

Varies
Varies 		Usually not appropriate
CT wrist without and with IV contrast
<0.1 mSv
☢
Usually not appropriate
3-phase bone scan wrist
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
3-phase bone scan and WBC scan and sulfur colloid scan wrist
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate