High Value Findings in an MRI Spine and Extremities

What type of study should you give priority to obtain if your client has lumbar pain that radiates down to the left leg?

Please exclude the type of finding and MRI is NOT the best study to evaluate

Please select an option that is NOT part of the possible reasons an MRI study may have mistakes

A Disc Protusion is a more severe finding than a Disc Extrusion

Please select one of the high value findings we may see in an MRI of the shoulder

Scenario: Client suffered MVA accident, Tier 12, suffering from acute left shoulder pain. PM requested a Left shoulder MRI and you have a finding of a Full-thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon. You should...

A 1 mm disc protrusion is most likely surgical in the lumbar spine.

The Spine is divided into Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacrum and Coxys

How can disc injuries be classified?

Scenario: You have a client with moderate findings in an MRI that if conservative treatment failed you could get a surgery recommendation. Policy is 1M. Your client did PT and 1 ESI and is 100% recovered. You, your secondary and Gloria tried to convince the client to keep treating, but he is no longer in pain. You should: