Here are the top 10 procedures performed for Medicare beneficiaries at ASCs and hospitals in the U.S.:
ASC
1. Cataract surgery – 1,226,120 procedures
2. Moderate sedation for endoscopy – 778,345
3. Moderate sedation – 760,462
4. Botox injection – 569,325
5. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (Egd) biopsy single/multiple – 541,547
6. Colonoscopy and biopsy – 451,144
7. Colonoscopy with lesion removal – 377,657
8. Epidural steroid injection in lumbar spine – 309,858
9. After cataract laser surgery – 283,480
10. Injection into lumbar/sacral spine – 208,145
Hospital
1. Routine venipuncture – 109,135,527 procedures
2. Complete blood count with differential white blood cell count – 95,558,886
3. Comprehensive metabolic panel – 84,921,692
4. Therapeutic exercises – 43,649,139
5. Metabolic panel – 37,665,909
6. Urinalysis auto with scope – 34,599,001
7. Electrocardiogram tracing – 31,152,864
8. Injection of propofol – 30,741,722
9. Assay thyroid stimulating hormone – 28,824,273
10. Lipid panel – 28,364,039
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