Lower extremity MRI checklist
Authorization requirements
Is authorization required? |
How do I get pre-authorization? |
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Yes |
L&I (State fund): |
Self-insured: |
Related information on coverage and treatment
L&I has prepared a checklist of coverage criteria for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lower extremity.
- Advanced imaging checklist:
Lower extremity MRI (February 12, 2010).
Billing and payment policies
Related rules
- Treatment requiring authorization. WAC 296-20-01002.
- Utilization review – Generally. WAC 284-43-410.
- Medical coverage decisions. WAC 296-20-02700-02850.
- Radiology, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, pathology, hospital, chiropractic, physical therapy, drugless therapeutics and nursing — drugless therapeutics, etc. Chapter 296-23 WAC.
