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MEPS HC-135C CODEBOOK
2010 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES
DATE: June 7, 2012

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT10F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,839
64,596,071
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
4
69,481
AFO BRACE
1
17,352
AIR AMBULANCE
1
13,789
AIRCAST
1
7,229
ARM SLING
1
29,630
ARTIFICAL EYE
1
19,645
AUDIO CD-STOP SMOKING
1
30,664
BANDAGES
2
12,306
BI PAP MACHINER
1
39,377
BLOOD MONITOR
1
9,523
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
1
3,853
BRACE FOR WRIST
1
21,648
BRACES AFO S
1
5,612
C PAP FOR SLEEP APNEA
1
13,856
C PAP FOR SLEEPING
1
13,628
C PAP MACHINE
1
13,033
C-PAK
2
25,965
C-PAP MACHINE
2
27,132
CANE
9
116,220
CANE AND BACK BRACE
1
8,381
CANE AND WALKER
1
5,355
CARPAL TUNNEL BRACES
1
13,523
COMPRESSION STKGS
1
25,471
COMPRESSION STOCKINGS
1
10,496
CORRECTIVE INSERTS
1
17,529
CORRECTIVE SHOE INSERTS
1
15,328
CORRECTIVE SHOES
1
4,911
CPAC MASK FOR SLEEP APNEA
1
4,612
CPAP
2
23,861
CPAP EQUIPMENT
2
23,631
CPAP FOR SLEEP APNIA
1
11,153
CPAP HOSE AND MASK
1
17,767
CPAP MACHINE
1
9,087
CPAP MASK
1
11,639
CRUTCHES
3
20,614
CRUTCHES KNEE BRACE
1
3,301
DIAPERS
1
17,576
DRIVE ROLLATOR
1
5,458
DYNABOX
1
6,289
EAR PLUGS
1
17,715
ELECTRIC RECLINER
1
23,704
FLU SHOT
4
53,366
FLU SHOT AT PHARMACY
1
13,102
FLU SHOTS
1
9,397
FLU SHOTS SHINGLES VAC
1
10,627
FULCRUM
1
11,010
FULL SPECTRUM LIGHT
1
18,698
GEL CUSHION
1
39,188
GIRDLE FOR HERNIA
1
12,417
GRABBER
1
14,545
HAND RAILS
1
11,955
HEARING AID BATTERIES
1
20,514
HEARING AIDS
1
15,435
HIGHER TOILET-4 INCHES
1
19,993
HOME RAMP-MILK-BRIEFS
1
8,507
HOSPITAL BED
2
30,483
HUMIDIFIER RESERVOIR
1
19,857
HUMIDIFIER/SLEEP MACHINE
1
10,228
INMOBILIZER AND CRUTCHES
1
11,246
KNEW CRUISER
1
3,756
KRUTCHES
1
25,123
LEG LIFTS SHOE AND SOCK H
1
15,189
MASSAGE THERAPIST
1
7,462
MASTECTOMY FORM AND BRA
1
9,043
MASTECTOMY SUPPLY
1
11,799
MEDICAL ALERT SYSTEM
1
13,118
MISC. HELP ITEMS
1
20,688
MONITOR
2
15,277
MRI TEST
1
18,099
NEBULIZER
6
87,657
NECK BRACES
1
15,686
NONE
2
16,384
NUBULIZER
1
8,727
ORTHOTICS
1
18,553
OXYGEN
7
90,046
OXYGEN AND NEUBLIZER
1
3,897
PERSONAL ITEMS
1
13,850
PHARMACY
1
33,220
PORTABLE COMMODE
1
2,862
PORTABLE COOLING UNIT-ICE
1
9,710
PORTABLE RAMP
1
8,718
POWER CHAIR
1
14,341
PRESSURE BED PAD
1
2,297
PROSTETIC
1
16,989
PROSTHESIS
1
3,223
SCOOTER
4
31,840
SCOOTER BATTERY
1
17,676
SHOE INSERTS
1
21,069
SHOWER STOOL
1
10,338
SLEEP AP MACHINE
1
12,650
SLING
1
8,216
SPECIAL CHAIR
1
7,736
SUPPORT HOLDER FOR LEGS
1
7,508
SUPPORT HOSE
1
10,319
THERAPY
1
6,167
URINE TEST
1
6,896
VAPORIZRES
1
16,909
VAPRORIZER
1
12,602
WALKER
5
56,723
WALKING CANE
1
2,631
WATER THERAPY
1
4,660
WHEEL CHAIR
1
5,760
WHEELCHAIR
9
64,609
WRAPS FOR ANKLES
1
51,243
WRIST BRACE
1
5,034
WRIST BRACE AND KNEE BRAC
1
21,529
TOTAL
5,995
66,581,808


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