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Same-Day E/M and Critical Care

Published on Thu Jul 23, 2015

Question: We had a patient with a history of angina report to the emergency department (ED) at 8 a.m. Thursday complaining of chest pain. Encounter notes indicate that the physician performed a level-four ED E/M service before discharging the patient with a diagnosis of acute angina. At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, the ambulance brought the patient back to the ED due to [...]
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