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FFR performed via Contrast

Date: Jun 3, 2025

Question:

In 2026 AMA will update the FFR language to include non-pharmaceutical induced stress; however, in the interim would the use of contrast to induce stress meet the requirements to report the FFR? Clinically it's believed that contrast is a drug and would meet the coding requirement.

Question ID : 22441
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