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            | MEPS HC-160B CODEBOOK |  
            | 2013 DENTAL VISITS |  
            | DATE:     June 12, 2015 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DENTOTHX |  
            | Description: | EDITED DENTOTHR |  
            | Format: | 25.0 |  
            | Type: | CHAR |  
            | Start: | 142 |  
            | End: | 166 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         28,079 |    301,589,100 |  
            | -8 DK |              1 |          2,629 |  
            | 10 DF 2 PINS |              1 |         16,697 |  
            | ABUTMENT |              1 |          6,769 |  
            | ADJUST MANDIBULA DEVICE |              1 |          8,783 |  
            | ADJUST OF ORAL MANDIBULA |              1 |          8,783 |  
            | ADJUSTMENT |              2 |         46,898 |  
            | ADJUSTMENT OF DENTAL PROS |              1 |         17,529 |  
            | ADVICE INSURANCE/COSTS |              1 |          5,536 |  
            | ALLOW TOOTH TO COME IN |              1 |          7,902 |  
            | ANAESTHESIA |              1 |          1,988 |  
            | ANAGESIA |              1 |         10,750 |  
            | ANASTHTCA |              1 |         12,929 |  
            | ANESTESIA |              1 |         12,597 |  
            | ANESTESIA-CLEAN TOOTH |              1 |          4,642 |  
            | ANESTHESIA |              2 |         44,246 |  
            | ANETHESIA |              1 |         22,219 |  
            | ANTIBACTERIAL LASER |              1 |          4,825 |  
            | ANTIBIOTIC SHOT |              1 |          2,521 |  
            | APPT RESCHEDULED |              1 |          2,866 |  
            | ATTEMPT TO PUT NEW CROWN |              1 |          2,358 |  
            | ATTEMPTED FILLING-STOPPED |              1 |          6,783 |  
            | BAR |              1 |         16,423 |  
            | BAR ON ROOF OF MOUTH |              2 |         32,846 |  
            | BIOPSY OF ORAL TISSUE |              1 |         20,706 |  
            | BITE ADJUSTMENT |              1 |         22,169 |  
            | BITE GUARD FITTING |              1 |         24,084 |  
            | BITE SPLINT |              1 |         15,310 |  
            | BITE SPLINT CHECK |              1 |         15,470 |  
            | BITEPLATE MOLD |              1 |         16,983 |  
            | BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED |              1 |         22,107 |  
            | BLT TOOTH UP PRVNT CRACK |              1 |         11,509 |  
            | BLT UP TOOTH PRVNT CRACK |              1 |         11,509 |  
            | BLUE LIGHT CAVITY TREATME |              1 |         25,714 |  
            | BONDING |              1 |         13,017 |  
            | BONE GRAFT |              1 |          4,354 |  
            | BONE GRAFTING |              2 |        116,653 |  
            | BONE GRAPH |              1 |          4,632 |  
            | BONE INFUSION |              1 |         32,332 |  
            | BONE REPLACE GRAFT |              1 |          6,779 |  
            | BONE REPLACEMENT GRAFT |              1 |         17,770 |  
            | BONES SPICULES |              1 |          7,837 |  
            | BROKEN FRONT TOOTH |              1 |         27,327 |  
            | BROKEN TOOTH |              4 |         24,725 |  
            | BROKEN TOOTH REPAIRED |              1 |          8,826 |  
            | CALL FOR MEDS |              1 |         25,630 |  
            | CALL TO CANCELL APPT. |              1 |          1,938 |  
            | CALLED IN PRESCRIPTION |              1 |         24,502 |  
            | CALLED TO MAKE APPT. |              1 |         17,746 |  
            | CANCER SCREENING |              1 |          7,832 |  
            | CEMENTED A CROWN |              1 |         25,143 |  
            | CHECK BITE |              1 |         16,080 |  
            | CHECK PERIO SPLINT |              1 |         17,616 |  
            | CHECKED TEETH |              1 |         12,944 |  
            | CHECKED TO SEE HOW HEALED |              1 |         12,675 |  
            | CHECKING FOR OVER-BITE |              1 |          5,089 |  
            | CHIPPE TOOTH |              1 |          5,011 |  
            | CHIPPED TOOTH GRINDING |              1 |              0 |  
            | CHOOSING COLOR FOR TEETH |              1 |         11,678 |  
            | COATING ON FRONT TOOTH |              1 |          5,187 |  
            | COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION |              1 |              0 |  
            | CONSULT FOR MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         23,587 |  
            | CONSULTATION |             13 |        199,071 |  
            | CONSULTATION EXTRACT TEET |              1 |         13,305 |  
            | CONSULTATION ON FEES |              1 |          4,572 |  
            | CONSULTING |              1 |          3,510 |  
            | CORE BUILDING |              1 |         13,129 |  
            | CORE BUILDUP |              2 |         35,975 |  
            | CORRECTED BITE ON FILLING |              1 |         12,095 |  
            | CORRECTED CRACK TOOTH |              1 |         19,992 |  
            | CORRECTING THE BITE |              1 |          9,881 |  
            | CORRONECTOMY |              1 |         39,151 |  
            | COSMETIC FIX |              1 |          6,882 |  
            | COSMETIC REPAIRS |              1 |          6,882 |  
            | COULD NOT DO PROCEDURE |              1 |         10,755 |  
            | COUNSELING |              1 |          3,644 |  
            | COUNSYLTATION OF TOOTH IN |              1 |          3,510 |  
            | CRACKED TOOTH |              7 |         64,456 |  
            | DENTAL IMPRESSION |              2 |         29,618 |  
            | DENTAL IMPRESSIONS |              1 |          4,826 |  
            | DENTAL MOLD |              1 |         16,830 |  
            | DENTAL SCAN |              1 |          6,595 |  
            | DENTAL WORK |              5 |         44,885 |  
            | DENTURE SORE |              1 |         14,686 |  
            | DESENSITIZING MEDICAMENT |              1 |         13,492 |  
            | DIAGNODENT |              1 |         10,609 |  
            | DR GAVE STRGER FLRDEPASTE |              1 |         12,428 |  
            | DRILLED TOOTH |              1 |         13,630 |  
            | ELIGABLILTIY |              1 |              0 |  
            | ER |              1 |          3,107 |  
            | EVALUATION |              2 |         11,547 |  
            | EXTRACT ROOT OF TOOTH |              1 |         16,110 |  
            | F/U FOR RETAINER |              1 |          7,511 |  
            | FAT TISSUE |              1 |          4,095 |  
            | FAT TISSUE EXAM |              1 |          4,095 |  
            | FFOLLOW-UP FOR BAR |              1 |         16,423 |  
            | FILED MOLAR |              1 |          7,026 |  
            | FILED ROUGH SPOT-CHIPPED |              1 |          7,686 |  
            | FILLED AIR POCKETS |              1 |          4,372 |  
            | FINAL CHECK OF PREVIOUS W |              1 |              0 |  
            | FITTED FOR BITE GUARD |              1 |         24,381 |  
            | FITTED FOR NIGHT GUARD |              1 |         10,606 |  
            | FITTING FOR MOUTH PIECE |              1 |          6,235 |  
            | FITTING FOR NIGHT GUARD |              2 |         20,575 |  
            | FITTING OF NIGHT GUARD |              1 |          5,758 |  
            | FIX DENTAL CHIP |              1 |         22,485 |  
            | FIXED BROKEN TOOTH |              1 |          7,109 |  
            | FIXED BROKEN TOOTH (MOLAR |              1 |          6,163 |  
            | FIXED CHIPPED TOOTH |              1 |         10,148 |  
            | FIXED CRACKED SEALENT |              1 |          8,030 |  
            | FIXED FRONT TOOTH |              1 |         10,829 |  
            | FOL |              1 |          7,230 |  
            | FOLLOW UP |             27 |        284,026 |  
            | FOLLOW UP AFTER SURGERY |              1 |          6,661 |  
            | FOLLOW UP DENTAL ABCESS |              1 |         16,875 |  
            | FOLLOW UP ON THE ABCESS |              1 |              0 |  
            | FOLLOW UP STITCHES REMOVA |              1 |         32,332 |  
            | FOLLOW UP TO FILLING |              1 |         12,593 |  
            | FOLLOW UP TO GUM RELINING |              1 |          8,824 |  
            | FOLLOW UP TO SURGERY |              1 |         17,274 |  
            | FOLLOW UP VISIT |              1 |          8,713 |  
            | FOLLOW VISIT |              1 |         22,017 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP |             10 |        187,563 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP APT |              1 |         12,110 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP FOR BAR |              1 |         16,423 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP FOR MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         13,404 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP ON BAR |              1 |         16,423 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP ON MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         13,404 |  
            | FOLLOW-UP VISIT |              1 |         16,923 |  
            | FOLLOWUP |              1 |         16,140 |  
            | FOLLOWUP ACCIDENT |              1 |          2,160 |  
            | FRECTMONY |              1 |          5,984 |  
            | FREE CONSULTATION |              1 |         33,059 |  
            | FRONT TOOTH REPAIRED |              1 |          4,956 |  
            | FULL MOUTH DEBRIDEMENT |              1 |          4,215 |  
            | FULL MOUTH PROBE |              2 |          8,186 |  
            | F\U FOR FILLING |              1 |         13,581 |  
            | F\U ON FILLING |              1 |         13,581 |  
            | GARGLE/TO DETECT CANCER |              1 |          4,706 |  
            | GAURD FOR TEETH |              1 |         17,895 |  
            | GAVE PATIENT MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         15,765 |  
            | GLUED ON VENEER |              1 |          4,637 |  
            | GRIND DOWN OF TOOTH |              1 |          8,965 |  
            | GRINDING PART OF TOOTH |              1 |         34,968 |  
            | GROUND DOWN CHIPED FILLIN |              1 |          8,080 |  
            | GROUND DOWN CHIPPED TEETH |              1 |          6,525 |  
            | GROUND DOWN TOOTH |              1 |         24,084 |  
            | GROUND DOWN TOOTH AND CAP |              1 |         14,399 |  
            | GROUND DOWN TOOTH SURFACE |              1 |         13,257 |  
            | GROUND TEETH DOWN |              2 |         22,209 |  
            | GUM RINSED FLIPPER PUT IN |              1 |          3,567 |  
            | HOME FLUORIDE GELL CARIER |              1 |         18,137 |  
            | IMPACTED MOLAR WITH CROWN |              1 |         10,573 |  
            | IMPRESION PERMANENT CROWN |              1 |         27,137 |  
            | IMPRESSION |              7 |         64,584 |  
            | IMPRESSION - FOR PLANNED |              1 |         13,154 |  
            | IMPRESSION FOR MOUTH CARD |              1 |         11,442 |  
            | IMPRESSION FOR NIGHT GUAR |              1 |         10,136 |  
            | IMPRESSIONS |             12 |        190,519 |  
            | IMPRESSIONS OF TEETH |              1 |         10,053 |  
            | IMPRESSIONS TAKEN |              1 |         23,821 |  
            | IMPRINT |              1 |          4,661 |  
            | INFECTED GUMS |              1 |         30,382 |  
            | INFECTION IN 2 TEETH |              1 |          4,171 |  
            | INFLAMED TASTE BUD REMOVA |              1 |         23,031 |  
            | INFLAMMED GUM |              1 |          7,890 |  
            | INSERT A METAL SPACESAVER |              1 |          5,565 |  
            | INSTALLED SPLINT |              1 |          7,764 |  
            | INTRAORAL PERIAPICAL |              2 |          5,616 |  
            | INTRAORAL-PERIAPICAL |              1 |         16,106 |  
            | JAW MOLDS |              1 |         18,113 |  
            | JAW PROBLEMS POST FALL |              1 |          8,620 |  
            | JUST LOOKED/DID NOTHING. |              1 |         14,096 |  
            | LIMITED ORAL EVALUATION |              1 |          6,948 |  
            | LOCAL ANESTHETIC |              1 |          3,600 |  
            | LOWER DENTAL TREATMENT |              3 |         17,624 |  
            | MADE A BITE GUARD |              1 |         30,400 |  
            | MADIBULA DEVICE ADJUST |              1 |          8,783 |  
            | MAKE A REPLACEMENT TOOTH |              1 |          9,142 |  
            | MAKE APPOINTMENT |              1 |          3,603 |  
            | MANDIBULA ADJUST DEVICE |              1 |          8,783 |  
            | MANDIBULA DEVICE ADJUST |              1 |          8,783 |  
            | MEASURED FOR PERIODONTAL |              1 |         15,386 |  
            | MEASURED TEETH |              1 |          3,439 |  
            | MEASURMENTS |              1 |         34,260 |  
            | MEDICINE FOR INFLAMATION |              1 |          4,902 |  
            | MICROBRASION |              1 |         31,899 |  
            | MINOR DAMAGE FIXED |              1 |         16,310 |  
            | MISDIAGNOSIS OF ABSCESS |              1 |              0 |  
            | MOLD CAST |              1 |         33,381 |  
            | MOLD MADE |              1 |         16,019 |  
            | MOLDINGS |              1 |         23,481 |  
            | MOLDS |              2 |          3,654 |  
            | MOLDS FOR GUARD REPAIR |              3 |         28,951 |  
            | MOLDS FOR NIGHTGUARD |              1 |         15,765 |  
            | MOUTH CANCER SCREENING |              1 |         13,230 |  
            | MOUTH GUARD |              8 |        147,448 |  
            | MOUTH GUARD AJUSTMENT |              1 |         27,030 |  
            | MOUTH PANEL |              1 |         46,586 |  
            | NIGHT GUARD |              7 |        133,320 |  
            | NIGHT GUARD CHECKUP |              1 |         12,428 |  
            | NITROUS OXIDE |              2 |         21,910 |  
            | NITROXIDE |              1 |          5,808 |  
            | NONE |              2 |         26,894 |  
            | NOTHING |              2 |          5,837 |  
            | NOTHING DONE HAD INFECTIO |              1 |         12,658 |  
            | NOTHING. BLOOD PRESS. UP |              1 |         12,658 |  
            | NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING |              1 |         14,985 |  
            | OCCLUSAL ADJUSTMENT |              2 |         37,102 |  
            | OCCLUSAL GUARD |              1 |         18,213 |  
            | ONDONTOPLASTY |              1 |         15,912 |  
            | ORAL BIOTICS |              1 |         59,277 |  
            | ORAL CANCER SCREENING |              3 |         35,785 |  
            | ORAL EVALUATION |              2 |         25,852 |  
            | ORAL EXAM |              1 |          5,272 |  
            | ORAL SEDATIVE |              1 |          8,736 |  
            | OVERLAY ON FRONT TEETH UP |              1 |         11,172 |  
            | PAIN IN JAW AREA |              1 |          3,510 |  
            | PAIN ON SIDE OF FACE |              1 |          2,942 |  
            | PALATIVE EMERGENCY TRMT |              1 |         20,339 |  
            | PALATIVE TX MINOR |              1 |         20,339 |  
            | PATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS |              1 |          2,502 |  
            | PEDIADENTRIST |              1 |          2,201 |  
            | PERIDONTAL DIAGNOSIS |              1 |         30,801 |  
            | PERIO SPLINT |              1 |         17,616 |  
            | PERIODOTIC EVAL |              1 |         11,891 |  
            | PERSCRIPTIONS |              1 |         20,111 |  
            | PHONE |              1 |         19,393 |  
            | PHONE CALL |              6 |         85,664 |  
            | PHONE CALL FOR ANTIBIOTIC |              1 |         35,776 |  
            | PHONE CALL FOR RX ANTIBI |              1 |          3,379 |  
            | PHONE CALL ONLY |              1 |         38,836 |  
            | PICKED UP BITE GUARD |              1 |         24,381 |  
            | PICKED UP FLUORIDE IMPRES |              1 |         18,137 |  
            | PICKED UP MOUTH GUARD |              1 |         18,021 |  
            | PLAQUE TREATMENT |              1 |         10,356 |  
            | PLASTIC HOLDING GAUZE |              1 |         22,245 |  
            | PLAY APPT |              1 |          6,267 |  
            | POLISHING |              1 |         10,395 |  
            | POST |              1 |          6,325 |  
            | POST IN |              1 |          4,632 |  
            | POST OFFICE VISIT |              1 |          9,523 |  
            | POST OPERATION |              1 |          3,265 |  
            | POST SURGERY |              1 |         11,112 |  
            | POST SURGERY CHECK |              1 |         17,770 |  
            | PRE-CAP MOLDING |              1 |          2,223 |  
            | PREDIAGNOSTIC TEST |              2 |         43,113 |  
            | PREFAB POST AND CORE |              1 |          9,086 |  
            | PREPARE TOOTH |              1 |          2,594 |  
            | PROBLEM WITH A NANEER |              1 |         10,678 |  
            | PROCESS OF GETTING IMPLAN |              1 |         34,435 |  
            | PROVISIONAL SPLINT-EXTRAC |              1 |         29,490 |  
            | PUT IN RUBBER BANDS |              1 |          2,477 |  
            | PUT THE PARTIAL |              1 |          9,302 |  
            | REALIGN |              1 |         12,248 |  
            | REBUILT TOOTH - TOOTH BRO |              1 |         17,228 |  
            | RECEIVED NIGHT GUARD |              1 |         12,428 |  
            | RECEPTIONIST GAVE PRICE |              1 |          9,453 |  
            | RECIEVED THE GUARDS |              1 |         12,166 |  
            | RECONSTRUCT BROKEN TOOTH |              1 |          9,293 |  
            | RED SPOT |              1 |         20,631 |  
            | REFERAL TO ENDODONTIST |              1 |         22,633 |  
            | REFERRAL TO ORAL SURGEON |              1 |         20,992 |  
            | REFERRED TO SPECIALIST |              1 |         16,094 |  
            | REGISTERED FOR CARE |              1 |          4,215 |  
            | REGLUED CAP |              1 |          7,761 |  
            | REIMPRESSION TOOTH |              1 |          9,024 |  
            | REMOVAL OF STITCHES |              1 |         22,245 |  
            | REMOVE BAD CROWN |              1 |          5,180 |  
            | REMOVE ENAMAL PROJECTIONS |              1 |          4,759 |  
            | REMOVE SUTURES |              1 |          4,368 |  
            | REMOVED BRIDGES |              1 |          8,958 |  
            | REMOVED CYST |              1 |         23,383 |  
            | REMOVED ROUGH EDGES |              1 |         20,339 |  
            | REMOVED STITCHES |              1 |          2,641 |  
            | REPAIR CHIPED TOOTH |              1 |          9,606 |  
            | REPAIR TREATMENT |              2 |          5,112 |  
            | REVIEW OF TOOTH SWELLING |              1 |          2,521 |  
            | ROOT CANAL SEDATIVE |              1 |         20,792 |  
            | SAVING A TOOTH |              1 |          5,481 |  
            | SEDATED |              1 |         12,033 |  
            | SEDATIVE FILLING |              1 |         14,470 |  
            | SENSITIVITY TEST |              1 |          7,470 |  
            | SET THE TOOTH |              1 |          3,502 |  
            | SHAVED BROKEN TOOTH |              1 |         12,448 |  
            | SHIMS FOR BITE |              1 |          6,751 |  
            | SINUS INFECTION |              1 |          6,018 |  
            | SMALL GROWTH ON TONGUE RE |              1 |         13,555 |  
            | SMILES |              1 |         14,546 |  
            | SNAP ON SMILE |              1 |          8,433 |  
            | SORES ON GUMS |              1 |         24,923 |  
            | SPACER BETWEEN TEETH |              1 |          3,268 |  
            | SPACER FOR PULLED TOOTH |              1 |          2,080 |  
            | SPACERS BETWEEN TEETH |              1 |          3,385 |  
            | SPLINT TEETH GRINDING |              1 |         14,404 |  
            | SPOKE TO RECEPTIONIST |              1 |          6,020 |  
            | SPOT STICKING UP IN MOUTH |              1 |         18,479 |  
            | STICHES TAKEN OUT |              1 |          6,235 |  
            | STITCH REMOVED |              1 |         24,084 |  
            | STITCHES REMOVED |              4 |         69,093 |  
            | SUGGESTED DENTURES |              1 |          4,999 |  
            | SURF POST |              1 |          4,757 |  
            | SURFACES OF TEETH |              1 |         14,719 |  
            | SURG. REMOVAL ROOT |              1 |         17,767 |  
            | SURGERY |              2 |         15,384 |  
            | SUTURE REMOVAL |              4 |         51,035 |  
            | SUTURE REMOVED |              1 |          8,540 |  
            | TEETH MOULDING |              1 |          3,038 |  
            | TEETH/ GUMS IMPRESSION |              1 |          4,799 |  
            | TELEPHONE CALL ABOUT INSU |              1 |          2,114 |  
            | TELEPHONE CONVERSATION |              2 |         22,885 |  
            | TEMP FIX 4 BROKEN TOOTH |              1 |         25,373 |  
            | TEMP PARTIAL |              1 |          3,231 |  
            | TESTED ARMS SHOULDER MOVE |              1 |          7,799 |  
            | TMJ |              1 |         11,049 |  
            | TOMOGRAPHIC SURVEY |              1 |          2,502 |  
            | TOOK AN IMPRESSION |              1 |         36,955 |  
            | TOOK STICHES OUT |              1 |         29,490 |  
            | TOOTH ACHE |              1 |          6,756 |  
            | TOOTH ADJUSTMENTS |              1 |         20,339 |  
            | TOOTH CHIP |              2 |         45,641 |  
            | TOOTH FRACTURE |              1 |         31,033 |  
            | TOOTH INFECTION |              1 |          4,458 |  
            | TOOTH PAIN |              2 |         17,466 |  
            | TOOTH PREP FOR PARTIAL |              1 |          5,780 |  
            | TOOTH PUSHED BACK IN |              1 |          7,692 |  
            | TOOTH RECONSTRUCTION |              1 |          6,325 |  
            | TOOTH REPAIR |              1 |          4,042 |  
            | TREAT INFECT |              1 |          2,906 |  
            | TREATMT FOR BROKEN TOOTH |              2 |         13,705 |  
            | UNABLE TO GET CARE-NO INS |              1 |         17,859 |  
            | UNKNOWN GUM CONDITION |              1 |          2,129 |  
            | VENEER REPLACEMENT |              1 |          4,637 |  
            | VENEERS |              3 |         27,916 |  
            | VICADAN FOR PAIN |              1 |          2,140 |  
            | WAIT IN LINE |              1 |          1,781 |  
            | TOTAL |         28,547 |    307,593,219 |  
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