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Home Stress (Fatigue/Insufficiency) Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Stress fracture suspected, ribs, fracture completion risk, radiography indeterminate, next imaging study 3197343
MRI chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT ribs
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
CT chest without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
US chest
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Radiography ribs repeat in 10-14 days
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
MRI chest without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
CT chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT chest without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate