by Michael Warshaw, DPM, CPC
- September 02, 2025
- By justina
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“My group takes call at our local hospital, and this necessitates seeing patients in the emergency room (ER) on occasion. We are not all in agreement regarding what E/M codes should be used in this scenario. We have come up with different encounters:
-A patient seen in the ER. The patient is then discharged to follow up for outpatient care.
-A patient is seen in the ER and then admitted for continued medical treatment.
-A patient is seen in the ER and emergently taken straight to the operating room for surgical treatment.
What E/M code series would you recommend using for these different scenarios? Thank you for the help!”
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