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MEPS HC016D CODEBOOK
1997 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
DATE:September 20, 2005

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER97
-8 DK
7
87,890
-7 REFUSED
1
3,822
-1 INAPPLICABLE
2,261
16,310,412
1 APPENDECTOMY
37
252,945
2 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY (VISUAL OF JOINTS)
18
169,535
3 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
76
559,956
4 CATARACT SURGERY
17
113,391
5 CIRCUMCISION
4
50,776
6 CORONARY BYPASS
39
367,971
7 D AND C (DILATION AND CURETTAGE)
20
140,560
8 DENTAL SURGERY
3
11,621
9 GALLBLADDER SURGERY (CHOLECYSTECTOMY)
88
612,964
10 HERNIA REPAIR
41
316,213
11 HYSTERECTOMY
80
621,782
12 JOINT (HIP/KNEE) REPLACEMENT SURGERY
66
539,349
13 MASTECTOMY/LUMPECTOMY
19
169,913
14 PACEMAKER INSERTION
18
244,054
15 PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
21
127,164
16 PROSTATE SURGERY (PROSTATECTOMY)
18
108,438
17 SPINAL DISC SURGERY (SLIPPED/PROLAPSED)
45
304,124
18 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE
48
336,789
19 THYROID SURGERY (THYROIDECTOMY)
5
62,243
20 TISSUE BIOPSY
25
274,408
21 TONSILLECTOMY
18
117,417
91 OTHER
735
6,008,431
TOTAL
3,710
27,912,169


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