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Implantable Neurostimulator codes

3 CPT®/HCPCS codes, ranked by est. all-Medicare services — scaled from national Medicare Part B fee-for-service volume. Open any code for the full market view — ranked physician groups, geography, and 12-year trend.

CY2024 · National scale is an all-Medicare estimate · est. — scaled estimate — assumes MA utilization mirrors FFS; not an observation; the observed fee-for-service figure is shown adjacent. Part B · national figures

HCPCS · Other DME L8681 Patient programmer (external) for use with implantable programmable neurostimulator pulse generator, replacement only CMS descriptor · HCPCS
Medicare Part B claims

First observed 2013 — start of our 12-year window; the code predates it

National scale 2,462 services · est. ▼ 11.2% YoY · 1,225 FFS beneficiary-episodes (CY2024, all-Medicare estimate) — 1,228 observed fee-for-service services

See the national market for L8681 → ranked groups · states · 12-yr trend

HCPCS · Other DME L8679 Implantable neurostimulator, pulse generator, any type CMS descriptor · HCPCS
Medicare Part B claims

First observed 2015 — first year this code appears in Part B claims

National scale 652 services · est. · 297 FFS beneficiary-episodes (CY2024, all-Medicare estimate) — 325 observed fee-for-service services

See the national market for L8679 → ranked groups · states · 12-yr trend

HCPCS · Other DME L8683 Radiofrequency transmitter (external) for use with implantable neurostimulator radiofrequency receiver CMS descriptor · HCPCS
Medicare Part B claims

First observed 2013 — start of our 12-year window; the code predates it

National scale 98 services · est. ▼ 57.0% YoY · 47 FFS beneficiary-episodes (CY2024, all-Medicare estimate) — 49 observed fee-for-service services

See the national market for L8683 → ranked groups · states · 12-yr trend