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MEPS HC-229B CODEBOOK
2021 DENTAL VISITS
DATE: April 10, 2023

Variable Name: DENTOTHX
Description: OTHER SPECIFY DENTAL PROCEDURES EDITED
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 116
End: 140

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
26,379
320,461,834
-8 DK
1
12,987
ABCESS
2
16,160
ABCESS TOOTH
1
8,622
ABCESSED TOOTH
1
3,190
ABSCESSED TOOTH
1
21,704
ABSESS
1
8,836
ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES
1
29,119
ADJUSTMENT ON SPLINT
1
18,833
ADJUSTMENT TO NIGHT GUARD
1
18,712
ANESTHESIA
1
9,805
ANTIBIOTIC INJECTION
1
4,585
ANTIBIOTIC PLACEMENT
1
20,401
ANTIBIOTIC SHOT
1
6,267
ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT
1
17,128
APPLIANCE FOR COPD MACHIN
1
9,300
APPLIANCE RE JAW ALIGNMEN
2
11,073
ATTACHED THE TOOTH
1
5,717
ATTEMPTING TO NUMB R
1
23,506
BIOPSY
3
8,845
BIOPSY ON TOUNG
1
10,846
BITE ADJUSTMENT
1
8,804
BITE GUARD
2
29,083
BITE GUARD FITTED
1
8,082
BITE PLATE
1
0
BLEACHING
1
7,524
BLEACHING FOR TEETH
1
32,673
BLUE GLUE-SENSITIVE TOOTH
1
7,544
BONDED EXTRACTED TOOTH
1
14,362
BONDED FRONT TOOTH
1
10,817
BONDING
4
67,892
BONE GRAFT
7
69,075
BONE REPLACEMENT
1
5,720
BONE TRANSPLANT
1
6,066
BOONE CRAFT
1
23,677
BROKE CAP DURING EXAM
1
8,137
BROKEN TEETH
1
0
BROKEN TOOTH
4
57,090
BROKEN TOOTH REPAIR
1
4,785
BRUSHING TEETH CONSULTING
1
8,801
BUFFED A CHIPPED TOOTH.
1
4,534
CANCER SCREENING
3
25,309
CAT SCAN
2
9,375
CAVITY CARE
1
7,832
CEMENTED BROKEN TOOTH
1
10,974
CHECK UP ON ORAL CANCER
1
12,164
CHIP TOOTH
1
21,206
CHIP TOOTH POLISHED OFF
1
14,602
CK UP
1
19,290
CLEANING, LASER TREATMENT
1
8,925
CLOSE SINUS CAVITY HOLE
1
18,099
COLD SORE LASER REMOVAL
1
10,354
COMPOSITE - SUR ON TOOT
1
4,804
CONSULT FOR WISDOM TEETH
1
55,613
CONSULTATION
18
204,427
CONSULTATION FOR ORAL SUR
1
4,848
CONSULTATION FOR TONGUE
1
11,181
CORE BUILD UP
1
9,922
COVER CAVITY
1
12,403
COVID TEST
1
5,225
CROWN REMOVAL
1
8,029
CT
1
9,265
CT SCAN
1
19,379
CURE
1
13,647
DATE WAS DATE NOT CARE
1
3,164
DEEP POCKET ANTIOBICS
1
9,215
DENTAL ADJUSTED
1
10,009
DENTAL ADJUSTMENT
1
10,009
DENTAL GUARD FITTING
1
4,880
DENTAL IMPRESSIONS
1
5,147
DENTAL MOLD
1
3,375
DENTAL SPLINT
1
6,606
DENTAL WORK
1
9,794
DENTURE CONSULTATION
1
4,767
DEVICE FOR SNORING
1
12,053
DID NOT GET ANYTHING DONE
1
5,498
DK
1
8,146
DO NOT KNOW
1
11,517
DONT KNOW
1
4,280
DR NO SHOW NOTHING DONE
1
4,207
ECLUSAL GUARD
2
22,712
EMERGENCY IN PAIN
1
15,401
EMERGENCY RELIEF OF PAIN
1
11,565
ENAMEL REPLACEMENT
1
29,474
ENAMELOPLASTY-SHARP TEETH
1
5,542
ENAMELPLASTIC
1
9,431
FILE DOWN BROKEN TOOTH
1
10,375
FILED A SHARP BROKEN TOOT
1
10,584
FILED A TOOTH DOWN
1
34,833
FILED DOWN UPPER TEETH
1
3,367
FILING TO REMOVE EDGES
1
3,993
FILLING IN RECESSION
1
4,243
FITTED FOR A FLIPPER
1
21,121
FITTED FOR A MOUTH GUARD
1
15,833
FITTED FOR NIGHT GUARD
2
33,503
FITTED MOUTH GUARD
1
9,517
FITTING FOR A MOUTHGUARD
1
8,302
FIX BROKEN TOOTH
3
17,535
FIXED CHIPPED TOOTH
1
14,863
FIXING SOME PREVIOUS WORK
1
14,839
FLORIDE TREATMENT
1
9,285
FOLLOW BONE GRAFT
1
12,112
FOLLOW UP
8
75,242
FOLLOW UP EXAM
1
2,767
FOLLOW UP PROCEDURE
1
1,741
FOLLOW UP PROCEDURES
1
1,741
FOLLOW-UP VISIT
1
10,974
FOLLOWUP HYPERBARIC CHAMB
1
13,309
GRINDING BITE
1
21,018
GRINDING TEETH
1
8,838
GROUND DOWN THE TOOTH
1
8,040
GUM BIOPSY
1
10,896
GUM HURTS
1
15,951
GUM INFECTION REMOVAL
1
7,157
GUM INFLAMMATION
1
15,193
GUM RECESSION MEASURE
1
10,054
GUM WAS SWOLLEN
1
6,095
GUMS
2
46,304
HEAD SCAN
1
6,438
IMPRESSION
3
27,284
IMPRESSION FOR MOUTHGARD
1
25,084
IMPRESSION FOR NIGHT GUAR
1
21,620
IMPRESSION OF BOTTOM TEET
1
7,339
IMPRESSION OF TEETH
1
7,339
IMPRESSIONS
6
66,102
IMPRESSIONS / MOULD
1
6,578
IMPRINTS
1
3,352
INCOMPLETE ENDO WORK
1
14,047
INFECTION
3
26,416
INFECTION IN TEETH
1
4,451
INFECTION TREATMENT
1
8,383
INSILINE
1
5,569
INTENSE STAIN REMOVAL
1
0
INVISIBLE
1
5,569
INVISILINE
1
5,569
JAW & GUM CASTING
1
7,022
JAW INFECTION
1
13,063
LASER FOR BACTERIA
1
6,911
LASER TREATMENT
3
26,885
LESION ON TOUNGUE
1
8,589
LICHENPLANUS
1
6,206
LIKE VENEERS FRONT TEETH
1
15,439
LIP TAG
1
42,822
LIP TIE
1
26,454
LOCAL ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
1
12,471
LOOKED AT SORE TOOTH
1
12,870
LOOSE TOOTH FIXED
1
6,756
LOST LOWER PLATE/NEEDS
1
10,133
M.A,D.
1
14,694
M.A.D
1
14,694
M.A.D.
1
14,694
M.A.D. FOR SLEEP APNEA
1
14,694
MAD
2
29,387
MAD FOR SLEEP APNEA
1
14,694
MAKING MOLDS
1
13,722
MEASURED FOR MOUTH GUARD
1
24,686
MEASUREMENTS
1
9,478
MEDICINE APPLIED
1
5,379
MISCELLANEOUS, ADJ BITE
1
9,553
MOLD FOR NIGHT GUARD
1
15,976
MOLD OF BROKEN TOOTH
1
5,051
MOLD OR SIZE UP
1
7,458
MOLDING
5
52,971
MOUTH GIUARD
1
27,950
MOUTH GUARD
18
250,954
MOUTH GUARD FITTING
2
17,218
MOUTH GUARD FOR SLEEP APN
1
10,322
MOUTH IMPRESSION
1
5,809
MOUTH INFECTION
1
3,367
MOUTH RETAINER MESURE
1
19,074
MOUTH SCAN
1
25,320
MOUTH ULCER
1
19,142
MOUTHGUARD
3
16,941
MOUTHGUARD FOLLOW-UP
1
10,713
MOUTHGUARD IMPRESSION
1
9,103
MOUTHGUARD-TEETH GRINDING
1
10,633
MOUTHPIECE FOR SLEEP AMPE
1
9,138
MULTIPLE CLEANINGS & CARE
1
13,058
NIGHT GUARD
12
102,519
NIGHT GUARD ADJUSTMENT
2
13,345
NIGHT GUARD FITTING
3
14,123
NIGHT GUARD/TEETH GRINDNG
1
3,805
NIGHT MOUTHGUARD
1
6,273
OBTAIN A MOUTH RETAINER
1
19,074
OPTOMETRY
1
12,352
ORAL CANCER SCREENING
1
2,001
ORAL EVAL
1
12,888
ORAL WASH- CANCER
1
6,714
OZONE THERAPY
2
28,502
PACKED BONE MARROW
1
12,284
PAIN
2
33,112
PAIN IN TOOTH
2
11,871
PALLIATIVE TREATMENT
1
18,507
PATIENT SAW AN EYE DOCTOR
1
19,648
PERODONTAL MAINTAINENCE
1
3,884
PERODONTAL MAINTENANCE
1
3,884
PICK UP MOUTH GUARD
1
7,616
PICTURES OF BROKEN TOOTH
1
5,858
PLAQUE REMOVAL
1
16,119
POPCORN STUCK IN TOOTH
1
4,241
POSITIVE COVID TEST
1
14,373
PPE
1
13,610
PRESCRIBED MEDICINE
1
8,895
PRESCRIPTION
1
7,574
PROCEDURE FOR TOOTH ACHE
1
6,714
PROSTHETIC FRONT TOOTH
1
5,845
PULMONOLOGYST
1
5,638
R DOES NOT REMEMBER
1
12,605
RAMP FOR TMJ
1
5,311
RECEMENT
1
5,115
REMOVAL OF LODGED DEBRIS
1
12,355
REMOVAL OF STITCHES
2
31,898
REMOVED SUTURES FROM MOLA
1
3,541
REPAIR FOR CHIP ON TOOTH
1
6,510
REPAIR INJURED TEETH
1
10,213
REPARITIVE DENTAL
1
20,823
REPEAT IMPRESSION
1
33,973
REPLACEMENT OF TEETH
1
12,604
RESURFACING
1
4,715
RESURFICE
1
3,444
RETAINER NIGHT GUARD
1
12,688
ROOT PLAN
1
9,823
ROUTINE
1
17,128
SANDING OF SHARP TOOTH
1
9,584
SCULPTED TEETH
1
4,919
SECOND OPION FOR CRACKED
1
8,755
SENSITIVE ROOT CANAL SITE
1
14,568
SEVERE TOOTH ACHE
1
18,630
SHAVING OF TOOTH
1
6,578
SILVER CAPS
1
14,908
SILVER DIAMINE
1
13,359
SILVER FLOURIDE
1
26,658
SLEEP APNEA
1
17,671
SLEEP APNEA APLIANCE
1
9,156
SLEEP APNEA APPLIANCE
1
9,156
SLEEP BITESGUARD
1
3,886
SLEEP GUARD MOUTH PIECE
1
6,292
SMOOTH BROKEN TOOTH
1
2,378
SMOOTH TOOTH
1
4,051
SMOOTHING BROKEN TOOTH
1
2,378
SNORING MOUTH PIECE
1
12,053
SNORING-APNEA APPLIANCE
1
13,359
SORE GUM
1
9,656
SORE IN MOUTH
1
23,864
SORE ON MOUTH
1
6,828
SPACE MAINTENER
4
38,695
SPECIAL FLORIDE
1
6,077
SPRING SPACERS
1
4,631
STABILIZING OF TOOTH
1
3,881
STARTED HAVING PAIN
1
10,014
STITCH REMOVAL
1
5,647
STITCHES REMOVED
1
7,113
SURGERY FOLLOW UP
1
11,410
SUSPICIOUS LIP
1
9,694
TALKIED ABOUT WORK NEEDED
1
14,373
TBJ TREATMENT
1
3,398
TEETH
1
4,754
TEETH REPAIRED FIXED
1
998
TEETH WHITING
1
8,005
TELEHEALTH VIDEO
1
16,056
TM
1
4,051
TMJ
7
69,388
TMJ SPLINT CARE
3
33,412
TMJ TREATMENT
1
21,253
TNJ
1
4,051
TO PICK UP NIGHT GUARD
1
8,907
TONGUE TIE REMOVAL
1
10,446
TOOTH ACHE
1
2,346
TOOTH ACHE AND PRE INFECT
1
9,748
TOOTH BONDING
1
3,764
TOOTH FILED DOWN
1
5,010
TOOTH INSERTED
1
23,156
TOOTH PAIN
4
42,261
TOOTH REPAIR
4
32,219
TOOTH SENSITIVTY
1
8,917
TOOTH SURGERY
2
25,433
TOOTH WHITENING
1
10,301
TOOTHACHE
2
24,381
TRAY AND MEDICINE FOR TRA
1
17,615
TREAT INFECT IN IMPLANT
1
5,548
TREATMENT TO SWOLLEN GUMS
1
10,323
TREATMENT WAS CANCELLED
1
11,675
TUMBLER ORAL EXAM
1
18,954
UNSPECIFIED PREVENTATIVE
1
18,143
VARIOUS
1
14,176
VELSCOPE
1
6,935
VENIERS
1
6,788
VISIT WITH RECEPTIONIST
1
7,742
WAX FITTING
1
13,570
WAX IMPRESSION WAS TAKEN
1
12,613
WHITENING
6
35,547
WHITENING TRAY IMPRESSION
1
8,580
WHITING
1
19,635
TOTAL
26,798
324,992,388


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