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Home Stress (Fatigue/Insufficiency) Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae

Variants

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Scenario

Scenario ID

Procedure

Adult RRL

Peds RRL

Appropriateness Category

Stress fracture suspected, hand, initial imaging

3197228

Radiography hand

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually appropriate

Bone scan with SPECT or SPECT/CT hand

1-10 mSv
☢☢☢

3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢

May be appropriate

US hand

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

MRI hand without and with IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

MRI hand without IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

CT hand with IV contrast

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually not appropriate

CT hand without and with IV contrast

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually not appropriate

CT hand without IV contrast

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually not appropriate