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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15190960 | 1,096,923 | 165,970 | $347.44 |
| 15272100 | 1,093,883 | 820,514 | $30.78 |
| 15388312 | 1,093,341.5 | 482,131 | $89.22 |
| 15493880 | 1,084,227 | 965,538 | $170.09 |
| 155G6015No current PFS rate | 1,078,295 | 44,539 | $350.35 |
| 15697035 | 1,063,938.1 | 158,437 | $10.51 |
| 15720611 | 1,005,658.5 | 509,737 | $103.67 |
| 158G0442 | 1,002,324 | 1,001,303 | $18.01 |
| 15997016 | 988,655 | 107,836 | $8.55 |
| 16098942 | 972,044 | 101,247 | $49.84 |
| 16192567 | 967,938 | 872,622 | $16.09 |
| 16293010 | 960,999 | 767,683 | $7.81 |
| 16396127 | 955,088 | 491,573 | $4.46 |
| 16483521No current PFS rate | 952,706 | 258,727 | $16.90 |
| 16596401 | 937,494 | 158,077 | $70.67 |
| 16696367 | 930,254 | 111,524 | $27.64 |
| 16782248No current PFS rate | 928,014 | 601,761 | $4.88 |
| 16883880No current PFS rate | 904,247 | 614,597 | $38.41 |
| 16972148 | 901,892 | 713,820 | $144.78 |
| 17017311 | 895,107 | 688,280 | $581.52 |
| 17184436No current PFS rate | 892,598 | 664,890 | $6.73 |
| 17271250 | 882,795 | 637,324 | $97.80 |
| 17384165No current PFS rate | 881,422 | 524,561 | $11.42 |
| 17487640No current PFS rate | 875,953 | 506,905 | $34.35 |
| 17587635No current PFS rate | 872,369 | 516,061 | $50.06 |
| 176G2067No current PFS rate | 868,503 | 29,611 | $224.78 |
| 17788313 | 865,782 | 324,224 | $63.00 |
| 17873130 | 858,232 | 546,058 | $30.74 |
| 17987811No current PFS rate | 856,025 | 533,842 | $40.12 |
| 18017004 | 843,541 | 568,659 | $160.10 |
| 181G0180 | 843,504 | 672,038 | $51.94 |
| 18266821 | 825,146 | 291,797 | $144.28 |
| 18392507 | 819,253 | 57,323 | $72.10 |
| 18487653No current PFS rate | 806,730 | 494,625 | $34.36 |
| 18599443No current PFS rate | 804,317 | 525,879 | $121.31 |
| 186J3300No current PFS rate | 798,270.5 | 11,356 | $4.45 |
| 187J1050No current PFS rate | 796,072 | 2,754 | $0.26 |
| 18893015 | 795,423 | 776,895 | $66.29 |
| 189G0249 | 787,536 | 106,275 | $87.72 |
| 19073560 | 774,598 | 482,887 | $27.08 |
| 19199202 | 774,129 | 757,701 | $67.88 |
| 19293297 | 764,238 | 116,624 | $47.62 |
| 19382947No current PFS rate | 762,109 | 418,905 | $3.83 |
| 19482962No current PFS rate | 761,696 | 376,643 | $3.18 |
| 195Q2028No current PFS rate | 758,442 | 191 | $0.85 |
| 19695251 | 757,617 | 326,479 | $32.46 |
| 197G0471No current PFS rate | 755,968 | 188,205 | $10.51 |
| 19820550 | 755,804 | 469,615 | $51.24 |
| 199P9604No current PFS rate | 754,217.3 | 237,693 | $12.94 |
| 20073610 | 746,729 | 448,151 | $29.92 |
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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