25 most common ASC procedures 

Gastroenterology procedures are some of the most common procedures performed at ASCs, according to data company Definitive Healthcare.

Definitive Healthcare gathered data from January to November 2021. Commercial claims data was sourced from multiple medical claims clearinghouses and is updated monthly.

Here are the 25 most common procedures:

1. Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis 
2. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
3. Colonoscopy, flexible, with biopsy
4. Colonoscopy, flexible, with removal of tumors, polyps or other lesions by snare technique 
5. Colonoscopy, flexible, diagnostic, including collection of specimens by brushing or washing
6. Injection, anesthetic agent and/or steroid, transforaminal epidural, with imaging guidance 
7. Arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection, major joint or bursa 
8. Injection, diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet joint with image guidance 
9. Discission of secondary membranous cataract, laser surgery 
10. Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent 
11. Injection of diagnostic or therapeutic substance, not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid, lumbar or sacral 
12. Injection, diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet joint with image guidance
13. Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 
14. Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve with imaging guidance 
15. Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve with imaging guidance, lumbar or sacral, single facet joint
16. Injection, anesthetic agent and/or steroid, transforaminal epidural, with imaging guidance, lumbar or sacral, each additional level 
17. Injection, anesthetic agent and/or steroid, brachial plexus 
18. Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis, manual or mechanical technique, complex, requiring devices or techniques not generally used in routine cataract surgery or performed on patients in the amblyogenic developmental stage, without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation 
19. Injection, of diagnostic or therapeutic substance, not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid, cervical or thoracic, with imaging guidance 
20. Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, with meniscectomy including debridement/shaving of articular cartilage
21. Neuroplasty and/or transposition, median nerve at carpal tunnel 
22. Arthroscopy shoulder, surgical decompression of subacromial space with partial acromioplasty, with procedure 
23. Injection, diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet joint with image guidance, cervical or thoracic, single level
24. Tendon sheath incision 
25. Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical, with rotator cuff repair