ER visit, most serious

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What each hospital calls it: Boston Medical Center South, “HC Emergency Dept Visit Which Requires a Medically Appropriate History and/or Examination and High Level of Medical Decision Making”; Boston Medical Center Brighton, “HC Emergency Dept Visit Which Requires a Medically Appropriate History and/or Examination and High Level of Medical Decision Making”; Tobey Hospital, “HC Emergency Department Visit High Mdm [99285]”; Boston Medical Center, “HC Emergency Dept Visit Which Requires a Medically Appropriate History and/or Examination and High Level of Medical Decision Making”; South Shore Hospital, “HC ED VISIT, LEVEL 5”; Emerson Hospital, “ED VISIT LEVEL V”; Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Plymouth, “Emergency dept visit”; Winchester Hospital, “Emergency dept visit”; Lowell General Hospital, “HC Emergency Department Level 5 Visit High Mdm”; Signature Healthcare, “ER VISIT; HIGH MDM”; Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Milton, “Emergency dept visit”; Wentworth Douglass Hospital, “Emergency Department Visit High Mdm”; Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, “Emergency dept visit”; Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, “Emergency Department Visit High Mdm”; Newton Wellesley Hospital, “Emergency Department Visit High Mdm”; Salem Hospital, “Emergency Department Visit High Mdm”; Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham, “Emergency dept visit”; Mount Auburn Hospital, “Emergency dept visit”; Anna Jaques Hospital, “Emergency dept visit”; New England Baptist Hospital, “Emergency dept visit”; Brigham and Women's Hospital, “Emergency Department Visit High Mdm”; Massachusetts General Hospital, “Emergency Department Visit High Mdm”; Cambridge Health Alliance, “HC ED Visit Level 5 Attending”; Exeter Hospital, “HC EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT HIGH SEVERITY AND THREAT FUNC”; Frisbie Memorial Hospital, “LVL 5 EMER DEPT”; Parkland Medical Center, “LVL 5 EMER DEPT”; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, “Emergency dept visit”; Beverly Hospital, “Emergency dept visit”; Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, “EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT”; Merrimack Health Methuen Hospital, “EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT”.