Physician service codes are
a. five-place codes using all numbers or a combination of four numbers and one letter.
b. only number codes using 3, 4, or 5 spaces.
c. seven-space codes using both letters and numbers.
d. number codes using two digits, a decimal, and one or two more digits.
A
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