What are the BI RADS assessment categories used to indicate management recommendations?
There are seven assessment categories used in the BI-RADS Atlas used to indicate management recommendations.
BI-RADS Assessment Categories and Recommended Management
| Assessment 0, Incomplete. | Management: Need additional imaging. |
| Assessment 1, Negative. | Management: Routine follow-up. |
| Assessment 2, Benign. | Management: Routine follow-up. |
| Assessment 3, Probably benign. <2% chance of malignancy | Management: Short interval follow-up imaging (usually 6 months). |
| Assessment 4, Suspicious. 2% to 94% chance of malignancy | Management: Needs a tissue diagnosis. |
| Assessment 5, Highly suspicious. ≥95% chance of malignancy | Management: Needs a tissue diagnosis. |
| Assessment 6, Known malignancy. | Management: Surgical and/or oncological. |
