- Lens and cataract procedures — 431,000 (8.7 percent)
- Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons — 246,000 (5 percent)
- Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy — 186,000 (3.8 percent)
- Other O.R. therapeutic procedures on joints — 166,000 (3.4 percent)
- Excision of semilunar cartilage of knee — 159,000 (3.2 percent)
- Inguinal and femoral hernia repair — 153,000 (3.1 percent)
- Cholecystectomy and common duct exploration — 152,000 (3.1 percent)
- Lumpectomy, quadrantectomy of breast — 151,000 (3.1 percent)
- Myringotomy (ear tube surgery) — 149,000 (3 percent)
- Diagnostic dilatation and curettage (D&C) — 142,000 (2.9 percent)
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
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