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A patient arrives at the ER at 10 P.M. and wants to see their primary care physician instead of the emergency room physician. The primary care physician is phoned at home and agrees to see the patient. The primary care physician's visit in the ER could be coded as follows:

Answer: a or c

The ER visit would be billed using the Emergency Department services codes. The exact code would depend on the level of service rendered and documented. It would also be possible to bill the code 99052 for the after hours visit, although most 3rd party payers do not reimburse for this code and it would be the patient's responsibility to pay this charge.

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