Appropriate Use Criteria

Assumptions:

Adult patients with musculoskeletal injuries to the extremity, spine, and/or pelvis

Exclusions:

Patients with significant cognitive deficit (Obtunded, severe head injury, delirium, etc.)

Disclaimer:

Volunteer physicians from multiple medical specialties created and categorized these Appropriate Use Criteria. These Appropriate Use Criteria are not intended to be comprehensive or a fixed protocol, as some patients may require more or less treatment or different means of diagnosis. These Appropriate Use Criteria represent patients and situations that clinicians treating or diagnosing musculoskeletal conditions are most likely to encounter. The clinician’s independent medical judgment, given the individual patient’s clinical circumstances, should always determine patient care and treatment.