| 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 |
|
|
|
| -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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