Is Fenofibrate lipid lowering medication an acceptable replacement for statin? 

Creation date: 8/5/2019 8:18 AM    Updated: 7/10/2020 10:40 AM    diabetes fenofibrate odc ovc statin vascular
No. Fenofibrate is not a statin medication and does not count for the statin component. Please refer to the statin exceptions in the data field specification in the event the patient meets that one of the exception criteria.
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