Return every right/left component, both side subtotals and the exact 0-24 total. Keep anatomic variants separate and do not invent severity cutoffs.
{
"applicability": {
"use_for": "CT staging of the anatomic extent of non-neoplastic chronic rhinosinusitis.",
"score_each_side_separately": true,
"sides": [
"right",
"left"
]
},
"feature_groups": [
{
"id": "paired_sinus_groups",
"structures_per_side": [
"maxillary",
"anterior_ethmoid",
"posterior_ethmoid",
"sphenoid",
"frontal"
],
"options": [
{
"outcome_code": "0",
"finding": "no_abnormality_or_opacification",
"points": 0
},
{
"outcome_code": "1",
"finding": "partial_opacification",
"points": 1
},
{
"outcome_code": "2",
"finding": "total_opacification",
"points": 2
}
]
},
{
"id": "ostiomeatal_complex",
"outcome_code": "OMC",
"options": [
{
"finding": "not_obstructed",
"points": 0
},
{
"finding": "obstructed",
"points": 2
}
]
}
],
"special_cases": {
"aplastic_frontal_sinus": {
"score": 0,
"record_as_anatomic_variant": true
},
"anatomic_variants": [
"absent_frontal_sinus",
"concha_bullosa",
"paradoxical_middle_turbinate",
"Haller_cell",
"everted_uncinate_process",
"agger_nasi_pneumatization"
],
"variant_rule": "Record presence separately; anatomic-variant indicators do not add to the Lund-Mackay sinus score."
},
"calculation": {
"per_side": "Sum five sinus-group scores plus the ipsilateral OMC score.",
"per_side_range": "0-12",
"bilateral_total": "right_subtotal + left_subtotal",
"bilateral_range": "0-24"
},
"score_map": [
{
"outcome_code": "TOTAL",
"score": "0-24",
"interpretation": "Report the exact total; the original system does not define categorical severity bands."
}
],
"reporting_requirements": [
"right_subtotal_0_to_12",
"left_subtotal_0_to_12",
"bilateral_TOTAL_0_to_24",
"component_scores",
"anatomic_variants_separately"
],
"limitations": [
"Do not convert the 0-24 total into mild, moderate or severe categories; no such thresholds are defined by the original system.",
"Do not use the CT score alone to diagnose chronic rhinosinusitis or select medical versus surgical treatment."
],
"source_locator": "Lund and Mackay, Rhinology 1993;31:183-184, p.183 radiological staging paragraph and p.184 Table 1; Lund and Kennedy, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1997;117:S35-S40, radiologic grading and absent-frontal-sinus discussion."
}