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Number of unique physicians submitting a bill at least once to a Normative Health Insurance (NHI) carrier for relevant CPT/ICD9 procedure codes in 2009-2010a.
| Type of surgery | Number of physicians |
| Bariatric surgery | 1992 |
| Lumbar spinal fusion | 10,195 |
| Total knee replacement | 13,628 |
a Database from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
