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            | MEPS HC-160C CODEBOOK |  
            | 2013 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES |  
            | DATE:     June 12, 2015 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | OMOTHOS |  
            | Description: | OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY |  
            | Format: | 25.0 |  
            | Type: | CHAR |  
            | Start: | 73 |  
            | End: | 97 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          7,192 |     75,355,557 |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              8 |         83,339 |  
            | AMPLIFIER FOR HEART MACHI |              1 |          5,566 |  
            | BACK BRACE |              1 |          8,474 |  
            | BANDAGES FOR ANKLE |              1 |         32,643 |  
            | BANTAGE ARM |              1 |          4,105 |  
            | BATTERIES FOR HEARING AID |              1 |         16,832 |  
            | BED PADS |              1 |          2,368 |  
            | BEDWETTING SUPPLIES |              1 |         17,997 |  
            | BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF |              1 |              0 |  
            | BLOOD PRESSURE KIT |              1 |         18,965 |  
            | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITO |              1 |          4,799 |  
            | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR |              6 |         70,355 |  
            | BONE DENSITY |              1 |          3,462 |  
            | BP MONITER |              1 |          3,549 |  
            | BRACE FOR WRIST |              1 |         36,136 |  
            | BRACE ICEMAN COOLING SYST |              1 |         33,402 |  
            | BRACES |              6 |         78,869 |  
            | BREAST PUMP |              1 |          9,650 |  
            | C PAP MACHINE |              1 |         14,907 |  
            | C PAP SLEEP MACHINE |              1 |          7,302 |  
            | C-PAP |              1 |          5,333 |  
            | CANE |             19 |        186,544 |  
            | CANE AND A WALKER |              1 |          2,313 |  
            | CANE AND CRUTCHES |              1 |          5,970 |  
            | CANE AND GRABBER |              1 |         15,268 |  
            | CANE AND TALKING CLOCK CO |              1 |         26,512 |  
            | CANE AND WALKER |              1 |         24,155 |  
            | CANE WALKER OXYGEN |              1 |          6,479 |  
            | CANE WALKER WHEELCHAIR |              1 |          3,878 |  
            | CANES AIR CAST |              1 |          2,348 |  
            | CANES-SIGHT IMPAIRMENT |              1 |          2,768 |  
            | CHOCLEAR IMPLANT |              1 |              0 |  
            | COLD COMPRESSES FOR TEETH |              1 |         16,110 |  
            | COMMODES |              1 |         24,847 |  
            | COMPRESSION SOCKS |              2 |         27,734 |  
            | COMPRESSION STOCKINGS |              2 |         25,100 |  
            | CONTACT LENSES |              1 |         14,241 |  
            | CORRECTIVE INSOLES |              1 |          8,571 |  
            | CORRECTIVE SHOE INSERTS |              1 |         41,291 |  
            | CORRECTIVE SHOES |              1 |          4,245 |  
            | CORRECTIVES SHOES INSERTS |              1 |          2,647 |  
            | CORRECTVE SHOES AND CRUCH |              1 |          1,498 |  
            | CPAC SUPPLIES |              1 |          7,785 |  
            | CPAP |              2 |         24,115 |  
            | CPAP - NASAL MASK |              1 |         10,366 |  
            | CPAP MACHINE |              1 |          4,639 |  
            | CPAP MACHINE SUPPLIES |              2 |         53,474 |  
            | CRUTCHES |              6 |         67,430 |  
            | CRUTCHES AND DRESSINGS |              1 |          5,209 |  
            | DANDAGES TAPER DESSINGS B |              1 |          6,663 |  
            | DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE |              1 |          5,514 |  
            | DENTAL CLEANING CHECK UP |              1 |          3,601 |  
            | DISPOSABLE DIAPERS |              1 |         19,367 |  
            | ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR |              1 |         35,299 |  
            | ELECTROS 4 BACK |              1 |          5,092 |  
            | ESTIMULATOR DEVICE/ WALKE |              1 |          5,395 |  
            | EYE GLASSES |              1 |          5,135 |  
            | FEEDING TUBE EQ |              1 |          7,391 |  
            | FLU SHOT |              1 |          4,909 |  
            | FOOT BOOT |              1 |         22,496 |  
            | GEL PAD |              1 |         14,982 |  
            | GLOVE AND SLEEVE COMPRESS |              1 |         13,089 |  
            | HAND GRABS AND WHEELCHAIR |              1 |         26,345 |  
            | HAND RAILS IN THE BATHROO |              1 |          7,745 |  
            | HAND WAX FOR ARTHRITIS |              1 |         13,277 |  
            | HEAR DEVICE SERVICES |              1 |         14,331 |  
            | HEARING DEVICE BATTERIES |              1 |          3,335 |  
            | HEARING TEST |              1 |          7,562 |  
            | HEART MONITOR |              1 |          3,614 |  
            | HEPATISIS B TEST |              1 |         21,733 |  
            | HOSPITAL BED |              4 |         54,344 |  
            | HOSPITAL BED AND OXYGEN |              1 |          9,848 |  
            | IN-HOME DIALYSIS SUPPLY |              1 |          8,060 |  
            | INR MACHINE |              1 |          3,728 |  
            | INR MONITOR |              1 |          3,086 |  
            | INSERTS AND CORRECTIVE SH |              1 |         13,628 |  
            | INSERTS FOR SHOES |              1 |          9,618 |  
            | KNEE BRACE |              1 |              0 |  
            | KNEE BRACES |              1 |              0 |  
            | LAB WORK |              1 |         22,567 |  
            | LABORATORY SERVICES |              1 |          2,907 |  
            | LEG BRACE |              1 |         10,737 |  
            | LEG BRACE AND FOOT INSERT |              1 |          8,899 |  
            | LEG COMPRESOR AND WRAP |              1 |          9,349 |  
            | LIFEALERT SYSTEM |              1 |          3,107 |  
            | LIFT CHAIR AND CANES |              1 |          2,897 |  
            | LOWER BACK SPECIAL BANDAG |              1 |          5,273 |  
            | LUMBAR SUPPORT |              1 |         10,366 |  
            | MAMMOGRAM |              1 |         14,346 |  
            | MASK |              1 |          2,408 |  
            | MASSAGE |              3 |         21,195 |  
            | MEDICAL ALERT DEVICE |              1 |         24,348 |  
            | MEDICAL FOOD AND DRIP BAG |              1 |          5,378 |  
            | MEDICAL SOCKS |              1 |          2,902 |  
            | METAL SPLINT |              1 |          7,212 |  
            | MONITOR FOR PACE MAKE |              1 |         25,558 |  
            | MONTHLY B-12 SHOT |              1 |         17,445 |  
            | MRI |              1 |          2,164 |  
            | NEBUILIZER |              1 |          3,420 |  
            | NEBULIZER |              3 |         34,349 |  
            | NEBULIZER AND INHALER |              1 |         40,651 |  
            | NECK BRACE |              1 |          7,079 |  
            | NEUBULIZER |              1 |         20,110 |  
            | NEW CANE |              1 |         11,997 |  
            | NEXT WAVE ELECTRIC UNIT |              1 |          8,970 |  
            | NOSE PIECE/SLEEPING |              1 |         17,048 |  
            | ORTHOPEDIC SHOES |              2 |         21,521 |  
            | ORTHOTICS |              1 |         21,644 |  
            | OSTOMY SUPPLIES |              1 |         10,500 |  
            | OXYGEN |              6 |         68,696 |  
            | OXYGEN TANK |              1 |         16,280 |  
            | PEAK FLOW METER |              1 |         29,726 |  
            | PHYSICIAN THERAPY AND OCC |              1 |          2,450 |  
            | PORTABLE RAMP |              1 |         12,481 |  
            | PRESCRIPTIONS |              1 |          2,562 |  
            | PRESCRIPTIONS QUARTER |              1 |         14,295 |  
            | PRODUCTS FOR PSORIASIS |              1 |         14,969 |  
            | PROTHROMBINE TSTNG SUPPLI |              1 |         14,874 |  
            | PULSE OXIMETER |              1 |          3,983 |  
            | PUNTURES AND STICKS |              1 |          2,187 |  
            | PURIFIER |              1 |          8,265 |  
            | RAISED TOILET SEAT\GOLVES |              1 |          2,387 |  
            | RAMP |              1 |         11,204 |  
            | RAMP TO HOUSE |              1 |          2,688 |  
            | ROLLING WALKER |              1 |          2,365 |  
            | ROLLING WALKER AND SEAT |              1 |          2,434 |  
            | RX SYRINGES FOR GROWTH |              1 |          1,194 |  
            | SAFEY WORK GLASSES |              1 |          2,278 |  
            | SCOOTER |              2 |          8,643 |  
            | SHOCK TREATMENT |              1 |          3,569 |  
            | SLEEP APNEA EQUIPMENT |              2 |         34,166 |  
            | SLEEP APNEA MASK |              1 |          4,834 |  
            | SPLINT |              1 |          3,689 |  
            | STEPPING STOOL FOR CAR |              1 |         20,791 |  
            | STICKIES FOR STIMULATOR |              1 |          5,025 |  
            | SUCTION PUMP |              1 |              0 |  
            | SYRINGES |              1 |         47,223 |  
            | TENS UNIT SUPPLIES |              1 |         20,331 |  
            | THERAPUTIC MASSAGE |              1 |          4,922 |  
            | TRANSPORT CHAIR |              1 |          4,325 |  
            | TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL |              1 |          6,209 |  
            | UROLOGY BAGS |              1 |          7,366 |  
            | VACCINATION FOR THE FLU |              1 |          4,002 |  
            | VAPORIZER |              1 |          4,595 |  
            | VORTEX HOLDING CHAMBER |              1 |          3,768 |  
            | WALKER |             10 |        145,868 |  
            | WALKING CANE |              1 |          6,562 |  
            | WEELCHAIR FOLDING WALKER |              1 |          8,151 |  
            | WHEEL CHAIR |              2 |         29,435 |  
            | WHEEL CHAIR /SHOWER CHAIR |              1 |         13,565 |  
            | WHEELCHAIR |              5 |         64,194 |  
            | WHEELCHAIR AND CAIN |              1 |          2,943 |  
            | WHEELCHAIR AND WALKER |              1 |          4,432 |  
            | WHEELCHAIR CUSHION |              1 |          9,650 |  
            | WRIST BRACE |              1 |          6,620 |  
            | X RAY |              1 |          3,381 |  
            | TOTAL |          7,421 |     77,868,263 |  
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