. 1985 Summer;6(4):93–101.

Table 5. Number of office and hospital visits and percent distribution, by procedure characteristic and physician specialty.

Procedure	Number of encounters	Severity¹			Urgency³			Primary specialty of physician⁴				Percent of physicians board certified

		None or minor²	Moderate²	Severe²	None or deferrable	Same day	Sooner or emergency	Family or general practice	General surgery	Internal medicine	Pediatrics

	Percent distribution
All visits	80,418	50.4	39.2	10.2	38.3	55.8	5.4	41.0	6.5	23.5	25.4	14.5
Brief office visit, established patient (90040)	26,843	73.5	24.0	2.2	49.1	48.2	2.3	52.1	5.7	15.6	23.9	9.1
Brief hospital visit, new patient (90200)	3,949	38.1	46.6	14.9	19.6	71.0	8.4	23.2	12.8	33.9	24.9	19.2
Limited office visit, established patient (90050)	29,736	53.2	42.4	4.3	42.6	53.4	3.5	38.8	3.5	19.2	35.7	12.1
Limited hospital visit, established patient (90250)	7,905	19.3	56.1	24.6	12.3	82.5	4.7	28.7	13.0	41.3	12.0	28.4
Extended office visit, established patient (90070)	3,595	19.8	61.1	18.8	39.0	53.0	7.2	43.5	6.2	31.4	12.8	20.5
Extended hospital visit, established patient (90270)	4,571	4.9	52.2	42.8	9.3	72.1	18.1	33.3	15.1	37.5	8.5	20.8
Comprehensive office visit, new patient (90020)	1,485	36.7	48.1	14.7	45.8	33.3	20.4	35.2	8.2	29.4	20.4	16.3
Comprehensive office visit, established patient (90080)	1,246	29.1	44.5	26.2	48.7	41.7	8.3	31.8	2.8	47.6	12.9	33.5
Comprehensive hospital visit, new patient (90220)	1,088	8.1	30.3	61.3	8.1	46.5	45.2	18.8	6.3	50.9	14.3	26.7

Percent distribution of encounters in each procedure by severity.

Combines acute and chronic conditions.

Percent distribution of encounters in each procedure by urgency.

⁴

Percent distribution of primary specialties of physicians providing encounters.