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            | MEPS HC016G CODEBOOK |  
            | 1997 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File |  
            | DATE:September 20, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | SURGNAME |  
            | Description: | SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 110 |  
            | End: | 111 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 2 | 13,658 |  
            | -8 DK | 1 | 4,079 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 145,393 | 1,218,107,991 |  
            | 1 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY | 51 | 451,198 |  
            | 2 CLEANING/TREATM WOUND, INFECTION | 269 | 1,933,336 |  
            | 3 REMOVAL OF DISEASED TISSUE (EXCISION) | 1,101 | 9,856,718 |  
            | 4 STITCHES (WOUND SUTURE) | 191 | 1,822,253 |  
            | 5 EAR TUBES (TYMPANOSTOMY TUBES) | 23 | 179,798 |  
            | 91 OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE | 1,804 | 15,793,565 |  
            | TOTAL | 148,835 | 1,248,162,595 |  
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