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            | MEPS HC-213G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2019 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE:    April 28, 2021 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | VSTCTGRY |  
            | Description: | BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VISIT DT |  
            | Format: | 3.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 70 |  
            | End: | 72 |  
 
        
          
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            | -15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED |              5 |         28,220 |  
            | -8 DK |            404 |      4,349,948 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             37 |        352,781 |  
            | 1 GENERAL CHECKUP |         37,017 |    409,923,764 |  
            | 2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT |         83,652 |    940,440,125 |  
            | 3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY) |            936 |     11,470,121 |  
            | 4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING |         20,957 |    251,008,759 |  
            | 5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT |         20,275 |    215,540,485 |  
            | 6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS |          5,418 |     63,666,777 |  
            | 7 VISION EXAM |          6,468 |     73,487,633 |  
            | 8 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV) |          2,239 |     28,767,731 |  
            | 9 WELL CHILD EXAM |          1,528 |     21,073,183 |  
            | 10 LASER EYE SURGERY |            196 |      2,090,339 |  
            | 91 OTHER |          9,650 |    108,135,484 |  
            | TOTAL |        188,782 |  2,130,335,349 |  
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