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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, wrist, fracture completion risk, radiography negative, next imaging study

3197356

MRI wrist without IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually appropriate

CT wrist without IV contrast

<0.1 mSv
☢

May be appropriate

Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT wrist

1-10 mSv
☢☢☢

3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢

May be appropriate

US wrist

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

Radiography wrist repeat in 10-14 days

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually not appropriate

MRI wrist without and with IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

CT wrist with IV contrast

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually not appropriate

CT wrist without and with IV contrast

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually not appropriate