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DFR during heart cath

Date: Dec 12, 2019

Question:

We have been seeing some of our heart doctors say they are doing a DFR during heart cath. I have seen the FFR but have not been able to find enough information to get a code for the DFR procedure. Physician says EX: "We then did Comet wire interrogation of the LAD and left main Distal to the LAD lesion the DFR was 0.85, significant. Next EX: Diagnostic cath was done then a DFR determination RCA with Mach1 6 French FR4, unfractured heparin weight adjusted." Some coders are using the 93571 FFR, but Im not sure there is enough documentation for this. Do you have any information on the DFR procedure? 

Question ID : 13357
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