| 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 |
|
|
|
| -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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