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MEPS HC-206B CODEBOOK
2018 DENTAL VISITS
DATE: April 13, 2020

Variable Name: DENTOTHX
Description: OTHER SPECIFY DENTAL PROCEDURES EDITED
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 118
End: 142

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
29,228
339,700,914
A GROW UNDER THE TOUNGE
1
11,257
ABCESS
1
7,474
ADJUSTED BITE
1
31,050
ADJUSTED NIGHTGUARD
1
8,535
ADJUSTMENT
5
51,508
ANESTHESIA
1
27,952
ANTIBIOTIC
1
13,942
ANTIBIOTIC INJECTION
1
13,168
ANTIBIOTIC SHOT
1
13,777
APNEA MOUTH PIECE
3
33,249
APNEA MOUTH PIECE CHECK
1
11,083
BEINGN LESION
1
28,237
BIT MAP
1
13,270
BITE ADJUSTMENT
1
20,587
BITE GUARD
5
73,052
BITE GUARD IMPRESSIONS
1
18,816
BITE GUARD MADE
1
1,024
BITE WIDENING
1
3,455
BITE WING
1
18,816
BLEEDING GUMS
1
4,059
BLOOD TEST
1
4,105
BONDED BROKEN TEETH TOGET
1
11,767
BONDING
2
65,569
BONE CRAFTED
1
13,010
BONE DISEASE
1
4,492
BONE GRAFT
5
96,376
BONE GRAPH
1
9,608
BONE GRAPHPING
1
11,688
BONE GRAPHS
1
8,435
BONE LOSS MEASURINGING
1
15,071
BROKE TOOTH
2
11,879
BROKEN TOOTH
7
64,261
BROKEN TOOTH -FIXED
1
24,515
BROKEN TOOTH REPAIR
2
23,648
BRUXISM
1
12,228
CHECK BLEEDING TOOTH
1
5,373
CHECK INFECTION FOR PROGR
1
10,413
CHECK LIP LACERATION INJU
1
9,767
CHECK UP FOOR STUCK TOOTH
1
5,140
CHECK UP FROM SURGERY
2
45,533
CHECK UP LOOSE TEETH 2
1
9,388
CHECKED HEALING OF SCREW
1
12,523
CHECKING SWELLING
1
18,032
CHIPPED TOOTH WAS REPAIRE
1
8,822
CLEANING AND ANEW MOLD
1
10,447
COMPHENSIVE EXAM
1
11,944
CONFORT TO GET USE TO
1
6,711
CONSULT
4
30,414
CONSULTATION
7
111,589
CONSULTATION FOR TONGUE T
1
10,331
CONSULTATION MOLDING BITE
1
13,061
CONSULTATION ONLY
1
6,735
CONSULTTION
1
13,061
CORTICOMY
2
11,920
CRACKED TOOTH
1
6,136
CYST REMOVAL NXT TO TOOTH
1
7,620
DECLINED SERVICES
1
6,136
DENTAL BIOPSY
1
26,498
DENTAL PRESCRIPTION GIVEN
1
10,413
DENTAL SPLINT
1
13,047
DENTAL SURGERY
1
30,779
DENTAL WORK
4
68,738
DENTIST
1
13,750
DIAGNOSTIC
1
17,142
DIAGNOSTIC OR PREVENTIVE
1
8,557
DIGNOSIS
1
7,973
DRAIN GUM
2
28,558
EMERGENCY - B
1
11,289
EMPRESIONS
1
12,647
ENAMEL PLASTSY
1
24,321
EVA;IATIOM
1
28,305
EVALUATION OF CHIPED TOOT
1
4,925
FIBROMA
1
20,140
FILE DOWN BROKEN TOOTH
1
2,126
FILE DOWN MOLARS
1
21,678
FILE OFF SHARP POINTS
1
8,426
FILED 2 FRONT CHIPPED TEE
1
9,018
FILING OF TOOTH
1
8,874
FITTED FOR GUARD
1
15,635
FITTED FOR OCCLUSAL GUARD
1
12,205
FITTED WITH NIGHT GUARD
1
15,635
FITTING
1
10,218
FITTING DENTAL TRAYS
1
12,647
FITTING FOR MOUTH GUARD
1
8,331
FITTING FOR NIGHT GUARD
1
11,372
FITTING OF BITE GUARD
1
10,892
FIXED CHIP IN TOOTH
1
11,002
FIXED CHIPPED TOOTH
1
12,279
FIXED TOOTH
1
10,633
FOLLOOW UP
1
4,134
FOLLOW ON CROWN
1
8,813
FOLLOW UP
13
224,540
FOLLOW UP AFTER SURGERY
2
26,544
FOLLOW UP FOR PAIN
1
6,306
FOLLOW UP FROM THE SCALEI
1
9,081
FOLLOW UP ON HEALING
1
11,882
FOLLOW UP SURGERY
2
23,681
FOLLOW UP VISIT
1
24,134
FOLLOW UPS
2
29,279
FOLLOWING UP FIRST VISIT
1
23,467
FOLLOWUP
2
27,913
FOLLOWUP VISIT
1
10,973
GAVE ME MOUTH GUARD
1
3,620
GLUED TOOTH BACK TOGETHER
1
8,837
GOLD ADDED TO TEETH
1
9,145
GRINDING OF TOOTH
1
15,675
GROUND A TOOTH DOWN
1
13,274
GUM GUARD
2
11,135
GUM SWELLING
1
9,853
HAD A SPACER REMOVED.
1
15,427
HAIRLINE FRACTION
1
3,837
IMAGE CAPTURE
1
11,973
IMPRESIONS
1
2,974
IMPRESSION
2
12,665
IMPRESSION/MOLD
1
13,777
IMPRESSIONS
4
53,321
IMPRESSIONS AND IMAGES
1
19,127
IMPRESSIONS FOR GUARD
1
15,635
IMPRESSIONS FOR MOUTHGUAR
1
17,036
IMPRESSIONS FOR WHITENING
1
10,058
IMPRESSIONS SURGICAL STE
1
15,164
IMPRESSIONS UPPER TEETH
1
15,997
IMPRESSSIONS
1
19,127
INCLUDED/LAST ENTRY
1
9,183
INFECTED TOOTH
3
23,824
INPRESSION FOR MOUTH GUAR
1
5,568
JAW
1
4,650
JAW BONE FILED DOWN
1
6,006
JUST A FOLLOW UP
1
12,614
JUST WENT IN AND OUT
1
6,553
JUST WENT IN TO INQUIRE
1
2,677
LAMINATE
1
12,433
LAMINATES THE BRIDGE TEET
1
7,077
LASER ON TOOTH ROOT
1
4,664
LOOK AT JAW
1
4,989
MADE A MOLD
1
12,868
MADE UPFRONT PAYMENT
1
8,180
MAINTENANCE ON CROWN
1
5,771
MOLD FITTING
1
18,032
MOLD FOR FRONT GUARD
1
5,568
MOLD FOR WHITENING TRAY
1
13,746
MOLD OF MOUTH
1
14,579
MOLDS FOR BOTTOM TEETH
1
8,331
MOUTH GUARD
1
6,773
MOUTH MOLDS
1
18,032
MOUTH PAIN HAD SINUS INFE
1
17,963
MOUTHGUAR
1
12,176
MOUTHGUARD FITTING
1
12,934
NERVE BLOCK INJECTION
1
8,762
NIGHT GARE
1
15,651
NIGHT GUARD
8
92,752
NIGHT GUARD FITTING.
1
13,580
NIGHT GUARD FOLLOWUP
1
14,337
NIGHT GUARD FOR GRINDING
1
13,182
NIGHT GUARD REPAIR
1
10,295
NIGHTGUARD FOR TEETH
1
8,668
NIGHY
1
16,979
NITROUS OXID GAS
2
15,323
NO CARE GIVEN
1
8,912
NO COOPERATION
1
3,209
NO PAYMENT NEEDED, FILING
1
13,217
NO PROCEDURE
1
26,242
NO WORK
1
7,502
NOTHING/MISTAKE
1
5,479
NUMBED TOOTH AREA
1
4,402
OCCLUSAL GUARD
1
36,930
OCCUSAL GUARD
1
11,027
ORAL EVALUATION
1
17,142
OSSEOUS SURGERY
1
10,019
OVER BIT
1
12,511
PART OF CROWN
1
5,522
PATCH TOOTH
1
5,230
POLISHING
1
6,405
POST OP VISIT
1
15,164
POST SURGERY CHECKUP
1
7,250
POST SURGERY FOLLOW UP
2
27,942
POTS
1
13,769
PULL TOOTH, BONDING TOOTH
1
1,768
PUT A CAP ON
1
5,818
PUT IN POST
1
8,086
PUT TOOTH IN AFTER ROOT C
1
10,974
RADIATION CHECK UP
1
8,848
REDURFACING
1
1,504
REMOVAL OF MEMBRANE
1
31,781
REMOVAL OF STITCHES
1
11,081
REMOVE CYST FROM JAW BONE
1
8,156
REMOVE PARTICAL FROM TOOT
1
9,122
REMOVED CROWN
1
15,675
REMOVED STITCHES
2
30,404
REPAIR A BROKEN TOOTH
1
6,691
REPAIR A TOOTH
1
6,842
REPAIR IMPLANT
1
7,981
RESET TOOTH
1
6,010
ROOT RECISSION
1
11,825
SANDED SHARP EDGES
1
2,368
SCAN
1
3,276
SCRAPED TOOTH/ANTIBIOTICS
1
16,460
SCREENING
2
11,500
SCREENING FOR MOUTH
1
10,041
SDJEUSTMENT
1
7,675
SEDATION
1
11,605
SEPARATE BRIDGE DURING
1
9,615
SHOTS
1
12,433
SILVER NITRATE ON CAVITY
3
10,388
SINUS INFECTION
2
43,184
SLEEP APNEA DEVICE
1
10,016
SMOOTHED CHIP TOOTH
1
12,275
SMOOTHED CHIPPED TEETH
1
12,465
SMOOTHED CRACKED TOOTH
1
1,541
SMOOTHING A ROUGH TOOTH
1
7,187
SPLINT TO PREVENT GRINDIN
1
25,410
SPOT ON GUM--BIOPSY
1
4,602
STICHES IN GUMS
1
8,114
STICHES OUT
1
14,104
STITCH REMOVED
2
20,120
STITCHES PULLED FROM EXTR
1
11,059
SUTURES REMOVED
1
10,264
SWELLING
1
8,332
TEETH
1
8,340
TEETH IMPRESSIONS
1
8,357
TEETH KNOCKED OUT
1
6,599
TEETH MOLDING
1
21,923
TEETH WHITENED
1
9,395
TEETH WHITENING
3
50,176
TEETH WHITING
2
31,437
TEETH WORK DUE TO MEDS
2
39,649
TEMP TOOTH FIX
1
9,906
THRUSH
1
14,006
THRUSH INFECTION
1
13,577
TIGHTENING BRACES
1
0
TMJ ADJUSTMENT
1
11,401
TMJ ADJUSTMENTS
1
11,401
TMJ CONDITION
1
8,188
TMJ PAIN PREVENTION
1
13,746
TMJ SPECIALIST
1
32,847
TONGUE RELEASE
1
10,348
TOOK DENTAL IMPRESSIONS
1
20,918
TOOK OUT STITCHES
1
8,119
TOOK PHOTOS OF THE MOUTH
1
3,926
TOOK PITURE OF GUM NOT X
1
9,948
TOOTH ACHE
2
14,996
TOOTH BLEACHING
1
8,281
TOOTH BONDING
1
11,520
TOOTH COSMETIC
1
8,806
TOOTH GUARD FITTING
1
8,665
TOOTH GUARD FOR NIGHT USE
1
8,665
TOOTH IMPRESSION
1
8,357
TOOTH INFECTION
2
30,671
TOOTH INFECTION/ANTIBIOTI
1
22,627
TOOTH PAIN
1
10,795
TOOTH REPAIR
1
20,116
TOOTH SENSITIVITY CHECK
1
13,535
TOOTH WHITENING
1
20,446
TOOTHACHE
2
7,852
TOOTHE ACHE
1
11,824
TOOTHRUSHING DEMONSTRATIO
1
15,509
TOUNGE TIE REMOVAL
1
0
TREATMENT OF NERVE
1
13,398
TREATMENT/DENTAL
1
18,172
VENEERS
1
7,152
VISION APPOINTMENT
1
11,593
VISION EXAM
1
15,548
VISION VISIT
1
11,593
VISUAL OBSERVATION FOLLOW
1
16,928
VITAL CHECK UP PRIOR TO D
1
33,043
WHITENING
3
38,055
WHITENING MOLDS MADE
1
10,885
WHITENING TRAY FITTING
1
11,528
WHITING TREATMENT
1
41,771
WHITNING
1
12,629
TOTAL
29,583
344,067,784


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