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MEPS HC 248B CODEBOOK
2023 DENTAL VISITS
DATE: May 23, 2025

Variable Name: DENTOTHX
Description: OTHER SPECIFY DENTAL PROCEDURES - EDITED
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 96
End: 120

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
19,353
337,015,599
-8 DON'T KNOW
1
7,343
ABCESS
1
8,082
ABSESS OF TOOTH
1
10,113
ABSESS TOOTH
1
19,994
ADJUSTING BITE
1
23,040
ANTI MICROBIAL AGENTS
1
7,805
ANTIBIOTIC IN GUMS
1
17,963
ANTIBIOTIC INJECTION
1
24,826
ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT
1
10,777
ASSESSMENT
1
9,765
BIOPSY
1
15,817
BIOPSY OF CHEEK
1
16,126
BITE ADJUSTMENT
3
36,616
BONDED BROKEN TOOTH
1
9,422
BONDING
1
36,592
BONE GRAFT
2
92,974
BONE GRAPH
4
84,492
BROKEN TOOTH
3
47,116
BROKEN TOOTH TREATMENT
1
15,349
CANCER SCREENING
2
51,580
CANCER TEST
1
14,766
CAT SKIN
1
4,780
CAVATIES
1
13,516
CHECKED TO SEE IF TOOTH C
1
12,266
CHECKING
1
9,631
CHECKING HEALING PROCESS
1
25,356
CHIP TOOTH
1
7,019
CHIPED TOOTH
1
24,689
CHKD SENSITIVITY OF TEETH
1
22,358
CKING SURGURICAL AREA
1
11,552
CLEANINGS AND OTHER ISSUE
1
9,206
CONSULT
4
43,128
CONSULTANT
1
39,954
CONSULTATION
7
104,316
CORE BUILDUP TEMP CROWN
1
24,652
CPAP ALTERNATIVE DEVICE
2
27,087
CRACKED TOOTH
1
7,944
CRACKED TOOTH FOR ANOTHER
1
2,363
CRACKED TOOTH REPAIR
1
2,363
CT SCAN
2
17,029
DENTAL OCCLUSAL GUARD
1
28,605
DENTAL PLATE BROKEN IMPLA
1
13,618
DENTIST
1
14,263
DESENTIZE GEL
1
8,812
DEVICE ADJUSTMENT
3
46,181
DEVICE CHECK
1
15,394
DIANOSTIC PREVENTIVE
1
9,288
DIFFERENT DENTAL ISSUES
1
9,206
DIFFERENT ISSUES
1
9,206
DK
1
16,368
DOES NOT REMEMBER
1
23,204
ENAMEL FIXING
1
27,926
ENAMEL REPLACEMENT
1
21,657
EPEDISTOMEY
1
8,706
EVALUATE CPAP ORAL DEVICE
1
7,889
EVUALATION
1
12,418
EYE EXAM
1
29,893
FILE TOOTH
1
24,146
FILED FRONT TEETH
1
12,499
FILED TOOTH DOWN INPREP
2
74,699
FILING OF TOOTH
1
24,766
FILING SHARP BROKENTOOTH
1
9,144
FILLED CRACK IN TOOTH
1
9,713
FILMS MOLDINGS CONSULTQ
1
38,725
FITTED FOR BITE GUARD
1
14,631
FITTING NIGHT GUARD
1
33,240
FITTING OF NIGHTGUARD
1
7,320
FIXED CHIPPED TOOTH
1
20,722
FIXED CRACK TOOTH
1
9,208
FLAT FEE
1
21,657
FOLLOW UP
3
39,393
FOLLOW UP FROM SURGERY
1
27,076
FOLLOW UP FROM TOOTH EXTR
1
12,418
FOLLOW UP SLEEP APPLIANCE
1
7,694
FOLLOW UP VISIT
1
9,288
FOLLOWUP
6
81,480
FOLLOWUP FOR JAW ISSUE
1
11,225
FOOD STUCK IN GUM
1
14,641
GENERAL FAMILY CHECK UP
1
11,815
GOT HIS NEW TEETH
1
18,804
GUM
1
17,337
GUM ANTIBIOTIC SPRAYING
1
12,268
GUM ISSUE
1
10,583
HAD MOUTH GUARD MADE
1
16,252
HAD TO DELAY SERVICES
1
10,679
IMAGINE
2
47,452
IMPRESSION MOLD FOR CROWN
1
16,952
IMPRESSIONS
3
61,170
INFECTED CROWN
1
9,799
INJURY
2
25,753
INYECTION
1
24,674
JAW DETEROATION
1
17,613
JAW PROBLEM
1
20,947
LASER WHITTENING
1
35,548
LESION ON TOUNGUE
2
16,946
LESION REMOVAL ON TONGUE
1
7,142
LINERS ON TEETH TO STRIGH
1
15,195
LOTS OF ISSUES
1
9,206
LUMP ON FUM
1
7,737
LUMP ON GUM
1
7,737
MADE THE MOLD
1
48,497
MISSED APPT
1
23,452
MOLAR DAGNOSIS
1
4,972
MOLAR PAIN
1
27,139
MOLD FOR MOUTH GUARD
1
28,043
MOLD FOR NIGHT GUARD
1
16,356
MOUTH GAURD
1
20,064
MOUTH GUARD
8
134,728
MOUTH GUARD CLEANING
1
12,850
MOUTH GUARD FITTING
2
16,189
MOUTHGUARD
1
8,486
NIGHT GUARD
6
117,674
NIGHT GUARD FITTING
1
983
NIGHT GUARD ORDERED
1
11,229
NIGHTGUARD FITTING
1
7,320
NOTHING WAS DONE
1
32,938
ORAL SURGERY EXTRACTION
1
34,083
OTHER
2
25,049
PAIN
1
55,550
PARTIAL MOLD FOR TOOTH
1
13,207
PARTIAL PLATE
1
24,047
PICK UP NIGHT GUARD
1
16,356
PICKED UP MOUTH GUARD
1
12,459
PICKED UP MOUTHWASH
1
12,100
PICKING UP MOUTH GUARD
1
9,253
POST OPERATIVE FOLLOW UP
1
9,083
POSTOP, LOWER LIP BIOPSSY
1
6,101
PREP FOR TMJ
1
6,185
PREP FRO SURGERY MEASUREM
1
11,049
PREPARE TOOTH
1
5,797
PREPING THE PROCEDURE
1
25,356
PRESCIBED ANTIBIOTICS
1
34,083
PROBING FOR ANY JAW ISSUE
1
11,225
PULLED OUT STICHES
1
24,026
RE ATTACH CAP
1
17,713
REALIGN THE JAW
1
20,947
RECONSTRUCT BROKEN TOOTH
1
21,962
REFERRAL
1
10,168
REMOVED FILE ROOT CANAL
1
13,952
REPAIR DENTAL NIGHT GUARD
1
2,921
RESIN SURFACE BUILD UP
1
24,521
RX
1
4,480
SANDED CHIPPED TOOTH
1
63,029
SHAVED THE CROWN
1
14,512
SHAVING OF TOOTH
1
14,151
SHAVING THE TOOTH
1
11,699
SHOT FOR INFECTION
1
12,285
SLEEP APNEA DENTAL DEVICE
1
6,117
SLEEP DEVICE
1
6,117
SLEEP STUDY
1
11,054
SLEEPAAPNE APPLIANC CHECK
1
7,694
SMILES
1
11,867
SMOOTHING TOOTH
1
24,665
SORE
1
9,293
SPECIAL MOUTHWASH
1
21,810
SPLINT
1
17,613
STICHES TIGHTENED
2
53,849
STITCHES
2
9,097
STITCHES OUT
1
8,424
SUPER ADHESIVE ON TOOTH
1
57,484
SUTURE REMOVAL
1
12,949
TAKING MEASUREMENTS
1
7,893
TEETH
1
15,699
TEETH FITTING
1
11,897
TEETH IMPRESSIONS
1
23,040
TEETH INPRE
1
17,964
TEETH WHITENING
1
0
TEETH WHITING
1
12,494
TEMP INSERTION SOME KIND
1
23,204
TEMPORAL MANDIBULAR JOINT
2
12,371
TMJ
2
12,371
TMJ SYMPTOMS
1
6,185
TMJ TREATMENT
1
27,753
TMJ WORKUP
1
4,845
TOOTH FILING
1
12,340
TOOTH PAIN
2
23,374
TOOTH PAIN PROCEEDURE
1
13,225
TOOTH PAIN UNKNOWN PROCEE
1
13,225
TOOTH SHAVING
1
25,955
TOOTH WHITING
1
12,494
TREATMENT FOR TMJ
1
27,753
TREATMENT ON TOOTH
1
5,502
TREATMENT TMJ
4
63,052
UPPER PROCEDURE
1
9,856
URGENT DENTAL EXAM
1
79,670
WAX IMPRESSION
1
4,294
WHAT TO EXTRACT
1
1,949
WHITENING
1
18,294
WHITTNING TEETH
1
12,494
TOTAL
19,599
341,048,784


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