Major ambulatory surgeries in hospital facilities distribution U.S. 2016

This statistic shows the distribution of common major ambulatory surgeries performed in hospital-owned facilities in the United States in 2016, by surgery group. During that year, muscle, tendon, and soft tissue operating room procedures accounted for 7.5 percent of all procedures performed in hospital-owned facilities.

Distribution of major ambulatory surgeries performed in hospital-owned facilities in the U.S. in 2016, by surgery group

Procedure group	Distribution of major ambulatory surgeries
Lens and cataract procedures	10.1%
Muscle, tendon, and soft tissue OR procedures	7.5%
Cholecystectomy and common duct exploration	4.7%
Incision or fusion of joint, destruction of joint lesion	4.5%
Inguinal and femoral hernia repair	3.7%
OR procedures of skin and breast, including plastic procedures on breast	3.7%
Excision of semilunar cartilage of knee	3.6%
Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy	3.6%
Repair of diaphragmatic, incisional, and umbilical hernia	3.4%
Decompression peripheral nerve	3.1%
Myringotomy	2.7%
Hysterectomy, abdominal and vaginal	2.7%
Insertion, revision, replacement, removal of cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter/defibrillator	2.5%
Lumpectomy, quadrantectomy of breast	2.5%
Non-fracture, non-arthroplasty OR procedures on the bone	2.4%
Partial excision bone	2.1%
OR procedures of mouth, nose, and throat, excluding tonsils and teeth	2%
Bunionectomy or repair of toe deformities	2%
Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc	1.9%
Vascular stents and OR procedures, other than head or neck	1.9%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2016

Supplementary notes

Percentages were calculated on the basis of nonrounded values.
"OR" refers to operating room.
Totals represent number of surgeries rather than number of encounters. A single encounter could involve more than one surgery.
Procedures are grouped using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Clinical Classifications Software for Services and Procedures.

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