This 23 year old female is brought into the emergency department after being found by her collage roommate. Sometimewithin the last hour and a half after th roommate left, the patient ingested her intire bottle of verapamil (estimated at over 20 pills) as a suicide attempt, evidenced by a note. The physician ordered a high-dose glucagon HCI administration as an antidote, consisting of 10mg/100ml of D5W in an IV over 2 minutes, followed by a 5mg/100/ml of D5W per hour for 2 more hours. A gastric lavage and aspiration were also performed. The paitent's vitial signs stabililized and lab work returned to normal over the next several hours. The patient was transerred to an inpatient psychiatic facility for follow-up treatment on the suicide attempt. What are the correct ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS Level II codes for this encounter?

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99233
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