Which Medicare codes are used most?
National Original Medicare Part B usage by code, from CMS. These are historical usage figures, not today’s fee schedule, a specialty’s code mix or a count of appointments.
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Leading codes by services
Office / non-facility, non-drug codes, ranked across 5,723 published codes. A service can represent a unit, test or procedure, and units differ between codes. Beneficiaries can appear under multiple codes and settings.
What the leading codes pay today
The national usage figures above are from 2024. Here are the highest-ranked codes with a current physician fee schedule rate (RVU26D), side by side. Enter a ZIP to see your locality.
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| Rank · code | Services | Beneficiaries | Allowed / service (2024) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199214 | 95,439,230.1 | 21,005,950 | $119.71 |
| 299213 | 64,778,139.1 | 18,637,816 | $85.37 |
| 397110 | 64,199,433.2 | 3,038,010 | $22.79 |
| 497530 | 44,642,444.4 | 2,274,928 | $31.54 |
| 536415No current PFS rate | 40,204,077.9 | 14,892,050 | $8.49 |
| 6P9603No current PFS rate | 37,551,910.9 | 442,897 | $1.08 |
| 797112 | 34,769,851.4 | 2,198,782 | $27.07 |
| 897140 | 29,271,917.9 | 2,182,414 | $20.62 |
| 980053No current PFS rate | 27,211,637.2 | 13,101,708 | $10.33 |
| 1085025No current PFS rate | 26,189,197.1 | 11,882,342 | $7.59 |
| 11G2211 | 22,545,987.1 | 9,645,736 | $15.89 |
| 1217003 | 19,550,746 | 3,153,655 | $6.22 |
| 1380061No current PFS rate | 17,331,994 | 11,490,074 | $13.09 |
| 1483036No current PFS rate | 14,587,445.1 | 8,347,994 | $9.49 |
| 1584443No current PFS rate | 13,896,671 | 9,066,703 | $16.44 |
| 1698941 | 12,822,869 | 1,242,418 | $38.13 |
| 1787798No current PFS rate | 12,744,106.3 | 713,702 | $34.35 |
| 1888305 | 12,356,137.1 | 4,485,711 | $57.93 |
| 19G0008No current PFS rate | 11,612,643.5 | 11,396,697 | $29.10 |
| 2099204 | 11,402,207 | 8,255,831 | $160.28 |
| 2199215 | 10,326,407 | 5,280,156 | $169.67 |
| 2293000 | 10,124,374 | 6,612,303 | $14.20 |
| 23G0439 | 10,019,161 | 10,019,118 | $118.08 |
| 2492014 | 9,075,110 | 7,322,903 | $124.79 |
| 2595004 | 8,560,493.5 | 148,903 | $3.62 |
| 2690480No current PFS rate | 8,438,585 | 7,290,646 | $38.04 |
| 2799203 | 8,070,604 | 6,537,424 | $105.33 |
| 2892134 | 7,967,596 | 3,683,152 | $39.77 |
| 2996372 | 6,920,643.8 | 2,153,228 | $13.42 |
| 3099490 | 6,712,528 | 1,321,899 | $59.99 |
| 3190837 | 6,700,424.7 | 523,459 | $124.97 |
| 3282306No current PFS rate | 6,419,364 | 4,794,258 | $28.96 |
| 3381001No current PFS rate | 6,349,786 | 4,031,494 | $3.10 |
| 3499212 | 6,241,712.6 | 3,989,238 | $53.59 |
| 3517000 | 6,192,745 | 4,217,769 | $49.89 |
| 3695165 | 5,850,584.5 | 159,468 | $13.87 |
| 3781003No current PFS rate | 5,686,899 | 3,530,598 | $2.19 |
| 3882570No current PFS rate | 5,536,279 | 3,586,233 | $5.06 |
| 3984439No current PFS rate | 5,453,976 | 3,561,629 | $8.82 |
| 40G0283 | 5,441,175 | 518,095 | $8.76 |
| 4199309 | 5,404,819.6 | 701,656 | $95.24 |
| 4280048No current PFS rate | 5,130,544 | 3,074,494 | $8.27 |
| 4366984 | 5,095,692 | 163,804 | $8.14 |
| 4411721 | 5,082,205 | 1,856,557 | $43.86 |
| 4597116 | 4,993,331.5 | 364,551 | $21.90 |
| 4682607No current PFS rate | 4,690,617 | 3,471,250 | $14.75 |
| 4782043No current PFS rate | 4,470,400 | 3,227,188 | $5.64 |
| 4820610 | 4,433,499 | 2,196,889 | $66.41 |
| 4987086No current PFS rate | 4,433,322 | 2,642,852 | $7.90 |
| 5099308 | 4,110,051 | 648,728 | $67.97 |
The office visit ladder
Established-patient office visits sit near the top of national usage. Each level is its own code with its own work RVUs and rate; tap a rung to compare.
Code family
Established-patient office visits
99213 pays $95.19 nationally in the office setting, from 2.85 total RVUs. Open 99213 →
Reading these numbers
Historical averages are not current prices
The allowed amount includes Medicare’s share plus applicable beneficiary and third-party responsibility. It is not the amount Medicare alone paid. Linked codes open current geographic fee-schedule comparisons using RVU26D. Find current local rates.
Read counts in context
Facility and non-facility rows stay separate. Beneficiaries are distinct within one code and setting, but cannot be added across rows to count unique people. CMS publishes some fractional service counts; we preserve them.
Source and selection
CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, by Geography and Service. Calendar year 2024; source published 2026-05-21. Only national rows marked non-drug are included. Rankings do not reconstruct suppressed or unpublished records.
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