1. Cataract surgery with IOL insert, 1 stage: 17 percent
2. Upper GI endoscopy, biopsy: 8 percent
3. Colonoscopy and biopsy: 5.7 percent
4. Lesion removal colonoscopy, snare technique: 4.4 percent
5. Injection foramen epidural: lumbar, sacra: 4.1 percent
6. After cataract laser surgery: 3.9 percent
7. Injection spine: lumbar, sacral (caudal): 3.6 percent
8. Diagnostic colonoscopy: 3.6 percent
9. Injection paravertebral: lumbar, sacral: 2.2 percent
10. Injection foramen epidural add on: 2.1 percent
11. Injection paravertebral: lumbar, sacral add on: 1.9 percent
12. Colorectal screen, high risk individual: 1.8 percent
13. Destruction paravertebral nerve, add on: 1.6 percent
14. Colon cancer screen, not high-risk individual: 1.4 percent
15. Cataract surgery, complex: 1.3 percent
16. Upper GI endoscopy, diagnosis: 1.2 percent
17. Cystoscopy: 1.1 percent
18. Lesion removal colonoscopy, biopsy forceps or biopolar cautery: 1 percent
19. Revision of upper eyelid: 0.9 percent
20. Injection spine: cervical or thoracic: 0.9 percent
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