22MRI and MRA services — descriptions of purpose of services

22 MRI and MRA services — descriptions of purpose of services

The purposes for which a MRI or MRA service may be claimed (the purpose for each particular service being set out in each of items 63000 to 63946) are:

(a) the exclusion of a condition; and

(b) the further investigation of a condition, if the service is used as the secondary imaging modality:

(i) when the diagnosis is uncertain; or

(ii) to assess the severity of the condition; and

(c) the monitoring of a condition, if the service is used following confirmed diagnosis to assess progress of a condition following treatment.

Note For the meaning of exclusion of a condition, if that is the purpose of requesting a MRI or MRA service, see rule 1.