Most Commonly Billed CPT Codes
This ranking highlights frequently billed CPT services that tend to dominate day-to-day outpatient claim flow in many provider organizations. Improving coding quality and denial prevention on high-frequency services often produces outsized annual impact compared to low-volume code optimization.
Data sourced from CMS Physician Fee Schedule.
Based on national non-facility rates (toggle available for facility rates).
Updated for 2026.
Last updated: March 2026.
Table
Tip: click column headers to sort and use the Facility vs Non-Facility toggle.
| 99213 | Office/outpatient visit established | 100 | $95.19 |
| 99214 | Office/outpatient visit established | 98 | $135.61 |
| 99203 | Office/outpatient visit new | 96 | $117.57 |
| 93000 | Electrocardiogram with interpretation | 94 | $15.36 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood | 92 | $0.00 |
| 81001 | Urinalysis automated with microscopy | 90 | $0.00 |
| 99204 | Office/outpatient visit new | 88 | $177.36 |
| 20610 | Major joint injection | 86 | $68.81 |
| 17000 | Destroy premalignant lesion, first | 84 | $66.47 |
| 17003 | Each additional premalignant lesion | 82 | $6.35 |
| 11102 | Tangential biopsy, single lesion | 80 | $95.53 |
| 17110 | Destroy benign lesions, up to 14 | 78 | $111.22 |
| 12032 | Intermediate repair, scalp/extremities | 76 | $299.94 |
| 27130 | Total hip arthroplasty | 74 | $1,162.02 |
| 27447 | Total knee arthroplasty | 72 | $1,159.35 |
| 47562 | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | 70 | $631.95 |
| 45385 | Colonoscopy with lesion removal | 68 | $500.01 |
| 71046 | Chest X-ray, 2 views | 66 | $33.07 |
| 64483 | Transforaminal epidural injection | 64 | $264.87 |
| 76856 | Pelvic ultrasound non-obstetric | 62 | $105.21 |
| 11721 | Debridement of nails, 6+ | 60 | $45.09 |
| 81002 | Urinalysis, non-automated | 58 | $0.00 |
| 22612 | Posterior lumbar fusion | 56 | $1,467.64 |
| 33533 | CABG, single arterial graft | 54 | $1,757.89 |
| 48150 | Pancreaticoduodenectomy | 52 | $2,871.14 |
Insights
- E/M services remain foundational across outpatient workflows.
- Small denial-rate improvements can scale quickly on frequent codes.
- Template standardization is key for repetitive documentation patterns.
Why This Matters for Reimbursement Strategy
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