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Small Bowel MRI to Evaluate Crohn’s disease

Medicare Rebate items for Specialists

Specialist Referred MRI Items Related to Crohn’s Disease

A Specialist Provider can refer a patient for a MRI Scan related to Crohn’s disease which will be bulk-billed at Melbourne Radiology Clinic.

MRI of Crohn’s disease has the main advantage over CT in that patients who are typically young, are not exposed to the effects of radiation that occurs with CT, which up until now has been the main imaging modality of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Bulk-Billed*

  • MRI Scan to Evaluate Small Bowel Crohn’s disease

  • Clinical Indications:

    • Evaluation of disease extent at time of initial diagnosis of Crohn’s disease
    • Evaluation of exacerbation/suspected complications of known Crohn’s disease
    • Evaluation of known or suspected Crohn’s disease in pregnancy; or
    • Assessment of change to therapy in a patient with small bowel Crohn’s disease.

    • [*Specialist Referred]

    • MRI Gallery

This item applies only once in a 12 month period where the service is provided for assessment of change to therapy in a patient with small bowel Crohn’s disease.

Bulk-Billed*

  • MRI Scan - for fistulising perianal Crohn’s disease

  • Clinical Indications:

    • Evaluation of pelvic sepsis and fistulas associated with established or suspected Crohn’s disease;
    • Assessment of change to therapy of pelvis sepsis and fistulas from Crohn’s disease.

    • [*Specialist Referred]

    • MRI Gallery

This item applies only once in a 12 month period where the service is provided for assessment of change to therapy of pelvis sepsis and fistulas from Crohn’s disease.

Note.

For small bowel MRIs to be claimable through Medicare,  the referral must be from a specialist and satisfy the specific criteria as listed above.

MRI Galleries – Clinical Case Examples.