Medicare Procedure and Patient Information
2012 Medicare Procedure Volume
The top procedures that Dr. Orvis Hugh Chitwood III, MD treated as an orthopedist in Dothan, AL during 2012 were upper extremity surgery, injections, X-rays and aspiration.
Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Orvis Hugh Chitwood III, MD for Medicare patients.
| aspiration | 166 |
|---|---|
| decompression surgery | 126 |
| doctor visit | 1035 |
| excision | 27 |
| fasciotomy | 17 |
| fracture surgery | 15 |
| hip imaging | 27 |
| hospital care | 45 |
| immobilization | 53 |
| injections | 232 |
| inpatient care | 45 |
| joint surgery | 86 |
| lower extremity surgery | 15 |
| minimally invasive procedures | 78 |
| MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) | 15 |
| musculoskeletal imaging | 166 |
| nerve procedures | 102 |
| open surgery | 102 |
| reconstructive surgery | 11 |
| removal of lesion (e.g. growth) | 14 |
| spinal procedures | 15 |
| tendon surgery | 80 |
| transplant procedures | 11 |
| upper extremity surgery | 257 |
| X-rays | 193 |