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MEPS HC-118C CODEBOOK
2008 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES
DATE: August 20, 2010

Variable Name: OMOTHOS
Description: OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 73
End: 97

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT08F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,620
72,409,973
17 GM PEDIATRIC MASK
1
0
ACE BANDAGES
1
35,060
AERO CHAMBER - FOR ASTHMA
1
5,267
BANDAGES
2
14,533
BANDAGES DRESSINGS TAPE
1
16,324
BANDAID
1
11,126
BLOOD BANK
1
7,964
BLOOD PRESSUE MONITOR
1
9,443
BLOOD PRESSURE EQUIPMENT
1
0
BLOOD PRESSURE METER
1
12,419
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
6
61,345
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS
1
3,558
BRA FOR BREAST PROSTHESIS
1
24,423
BRACES AND WALKER
1
10,738
BREAST PROSTHESES
1
14,168
C PAKS
2
27,480
C PAP MACHINE
1
16,625
C-PAP
1
11,101
CANE
4
85,884
CANE WALKER
2
14,652
CARPAL TUNNEL BRACES
1
32,640
CATHETER
2
27,459
CHAIR
1
11,485
CHAIR TO HELP TO LIFT ARM
1
7,390
CHINESE MEDICINE
1
17,053
COMPRESSION GARMENTS
1
10,093
COMPRESSION PANTY HOSE
1
7,222
CORRECTED SHOE INSERTS
1
8,306
CORRECTED SHOES INSERTS
1
15,659
CORRECTIVE SHOES
3
58,633
CORRECTIVESHOES AND INSER
1
4,052
COUMADIN TEST STRIPS
1
4,156
CPAP
1
5,577
CPAP MACHINE
2
43,057
CPAP SUPPLIES
1
3,611
CRUCHES
1
5,953
CRUTCHES
9
88,589
CRUTCHES AND CANE
1
3,674
CRUTHES
1
10,235
DIAPERS
1
11,730
DRESSINGS AND BANDAGES
1
8,586
EAR PLUGS
1
13,585
ELECTRIC SCOOTER
1
16,256
ELECTRICAL TRANSMIT PACE
1
23,448
EMERGENCY MONITOR DEVICE
1
8,996
FALSE TEETH
1
10,625
FILTERS TUBES FOR C-PAP
1
12,751
FLU SHOT
1
10,303
GRAB BARS CANES WHEELCHAR
1
20,821
GRAB POLE
1
3,498
HEATING PAC
1
26,294
HOSPITAL BATH WHEEL CHAIR
1
6,104
HOSPITAL BED
2
10,142
HOVER CHAIR
1
14,592
HOYER LIFT
1
4,389
ICE MACH FOR DISLOCATED S
1
8,718
ILEOSTOMY BAG
1
26,704
INDEPENDANT LAB SITE
1
36,638
INR TEST EQUIPMENT
1
22,327
IV MACHINE WOUND VACUUM
1
11,779
JOINT COOLER
1
17,577
KNEE IMMOBILIZER
1
9,859
KNEE WALKER
1
3,150
LAB TESTING
1
9,852
LAB WORK
1
4,106
LOUD RINGER FOR PHONE
1
41,283
MAMOGRAM
1
5,295
MASK FOR C-PAP
1
11,616
MASSAGE THERAPY
1
4,783
MOBILE CHOLESTEROL CHECK
1
41,626
NEBALIZER
1
9,596
NEBUIZER
1
7,656
NEBULIZER
3
30,110
NEBULIZER FOR ASTHMA
1
6,422
NEEDLES
1
8,488
NOT IN 08 BUT IN 09
1
11,974
NUBILIZER
1
7,381
ORTHODONTICS
1
8,808
ORTHOTIC SHOES
1
15,747
OXGEN
1
1,965
OXYGEN
8
142,634
OXYGEN 2L VIA NASAL CANUL
1
7,311
OXYGEN AND SUPPLIES
1
11,222
OXYGEN GENERATOR
1
29,712
OXYGEN TANK
1
9,149
OXYGENATOR
2
27,607
PANTYHOSE
1
7,222
PEDISURE
1
13,919
PERITONEAL DIAYLSIS
1
14,442
PORTABLE CHEMO PUMP
1
13,055
POWER WHEEL CHAIR
1
6,105
RAMP FOR WHEELCHAIR
1
18,397
RETINA SURGERY R WYW
1
20,176
SCOOTER
1
3,835
SCOOTER BATTERY
1
5,476
SHOE INSERTS
1
14,099
SHOES
1
2,160
SLEEP APENIA MACHINE
1
10,561
SLEEP APNEA MACHINE/MASK
1
7,194
SLEEP APNEA SUPPLIES
1
10,687
SPECIAL SHOES AND SOCKS
1
2,838
SPECIAL TELEPHONE
1
12,171
SURGILUBES GLOVES
1
29,224
VAPORIZER
2
14,977
VASCULAR HOSIERY
1
13,012
VISION DEVICES
1
4,785
WALKER
12
152,918
WALKER AND WHEEL CHAIRS
1
10,351
WALKING CANE
2
24,613
WALLABY BILI BLANKET
1
11,038
WHEEL CHAIR
2
47,523
WHEELCHAIR
5
48,271
WHEELCHAIR MOTORIZED
1
6,804
WHEELCHAIR OXEGYN
1
8,710
WIG
1
16,430
TOTAL
6,787
74,501,135


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