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Home Chronic Hip Pain
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Hip pain, chronic, initial imaging 3195898
Radiography pelvis
0.1-1mSv
☢☢ 		0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
Radiography hip
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually appropriate
US hip
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Image-guided anesthetic +/- corticosteroid injection hip joint or surrounding structures

Varies
Varies 		Usually not appropriate
MR arthrography hip
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI hip without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI hip without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Bone scan hip
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT arthrography hip
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT hip with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT hip without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT hip without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
Fluoride PET/CT skull base to mid-thigh
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate