Table 6. Most Common Procedures for Hospital Stays Billed to Medicaid

All Listed Procedures* Total number of discharges with this procedure category (in thousands) Medicaid's share of hospital stays with this procedure (in percent)
1. Procedures to assist delivery 752 36.6
2. Fetal monitoring 438 37.2
3. Repair of current obstetric laceration 372 31.4
4. Circumcision of infant 321 27.0
5. Respiratory intubation and mechanical ventilation 319 20.4
6. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, coronary arteriography 277 7.2
7. Cesarean section 264 32.4
8. Artificial rupture of membranes to assist delivery 261 34.2
9. Episiotomy 252 28.5
10. Blood transfusion 197 15.2

* The term "All-listed procedures" refers to all procedures performed during a hospital stay; patients often receive more than one procedure.

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