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MEPS HC010D CODEBOOK
1996 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
DATE:September 29, 2005

Variable Name: SURGPROC
Description: MAIN SURGICAL PROCEDURE
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 84
End: 85

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER96
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
3
47,858
-8 DK
4
50,930
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,314
15,710,913
1 APPENDECTOMY
24
288,902
2 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY (VISUAL OF JOINTS)
9
142,839
3 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
49
545,678
4 CATARACT SURGERY
6
41,381
5 CIRCUMCISION
2
23,624
6 CORONARY BYPASS
19
234,994
7 D AND C (DILATION AND CURETTAGE)
12
94,119
8 DENTAL SURGERY
1
20,896
9 GALLBLADDER SURGERY (CHOLECYSTECTOMY)
51
546,051
10 HERNIA REPAIR
28
354,707
11 HYSTERECTOMY
54
606,863
12 JOINT (HIP/KNEE) REPLACEMENT SURGERY
33
427,323
13 MASTECTOMY/LUMPECTOMY
10
165,699
14 PACEMAKER INSERTION
15
263,020
15 PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
15
200,201
16 PROSTATE SURGERY (PROSTATECTOMY)
17
246,632
17 SPINAL DISC SURGERY (SLIPPED/PROLAPSED)
20
246,849
18 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE
27
363,354
19 THYROID SURGERY (THYROIDECTOMY)
5
72,894
20 TISSUE BIOPSY
12
165,111
21 TONSILLECTOMY
4
54,925
91 OTHER
473
5,610,511
TOTAL
2,207
26,526,275


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