CT Medical Necessity

• BONES NEED BETTER CHARACTERIZATION AFTER INDETERMINATE X-RAY OR MRI
• MASS LESIONS, CANCER
• BLEED
• INFECTION
• NEOPLASIA/CANCER:  Initial diagnosis, assessment of interval changes
• TRAUMA

CT INDICATIONS - NOT ACCEPTABLE:

• Pain without saying the location, duration, severity, and possible diagnoses that are being pursued.

CT Abdomen (Lots of Indications)

• Make sure that the history relates to the abdominal organs.
• Location (Quadrant), Severity, Duration....

CT Chest

• Lung Nodule/Mass
• Further Characterization of x-ray findings

CT Abdomen

• Liver Mass
• Kidney Mass
• Splenic Mass
• Bowel Obstruction

CT Pelvis

• Appendicitis

Results are read by an on-site radiologist or a teleradiologist (a radiologist who works off-site)