| MEPS HC 254G CODEBOOK |
| 2024 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |
| DATE: April 29, 2026 |
| Variable Name: |
DRSPLTY_M18 |
| Description: |
MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |
| Format: |
2.0 |
| Type: |
NUM |
| Start: |
64 |
| End: |
65 |
|
|
|
| -8 DON'T KNOW |
1,137 |
19,968,064 |
| -7 REFUSED |
8 |
120,984 |
| -1 INAPPLICABLE |
81,428 |
1,367,863,996 |
| 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |
761 |
13,014,155 |
| 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |
59 |
1,179,071 |
| 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |
2,882 |
41,167,175 |
| 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |
2,960 |
48,234,123 |
| 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM (DIABETES, THYROID |
1,013 |
16,741,632 |
| 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |
7,182 |
112,093,865 |
| 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |
1,228 |
19,745,926 |
| 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |
8,675 |
134,736,857 |
| 9 GENERAL SURGERY |
676 |
9,928,655 |
| 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |
62 |
845,100 |
| 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |
2,693 |
51,638,312 |
| 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |
155 |
2,304,884 |
| 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |
6 |
101,932 |
| 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE (INTERNIST) |
3,042 |
47,782,627 |
| 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |
1,056 |
12,464,834 |
| 16 NEUROLOGY |
1,639 |
25,154,465 |
| 18 ONCOLOGY (TUMORS, CANCER) |
2,169 |
33,346,721 |
| 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY (EYES) |
5,768 |
85,465,760 |
| 20 ORTHOPEDICS |
3,853 |
57,839,260 |
| 21 OSTEOPATHY (DO) |
197 |
3,287,184 |
| 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (EAR, NOSE, THROAT) |
1,036 |
16,947,782 |
| 23 PATHOLOGY |
4 |
47,488 |
| 24 PEDIATRICIAN |
3,706 |
80,268,897 |
| 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |
295 |
4,848,920 |
| 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |
168 |
2,866,591 |
| 27 PROCTOLOGY |
11 |
188,678 |
| 28 PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHIATRIST |
4,026 |
76,671,319 |
| 29 PULMONARY |
476 |
6,992,330 |
| 30 RADIOLOGY |
142 |
2,027,546 |
| 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |
591 |
9,032,388 |
| 32 THORACIC SURGERY (CHEST) |
14 |
283,629 |
| 33 UROLOGY |
1,362 |
18,785,384 |
| 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |
5,338 |
86,105,980 |
| TOTAL |
145,818 |
2,410,092,512 |
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