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| MEPS H26DF1 CODEBOOK |
| 1998 HOSPITAL INPATIENT STAYS FILE |
| DATE: August 19, 2005 |
| Variable Name: |
SURGPROC |
| Description: |
MAIN SURGICAL PROCEDURE |
| Format: |
2.0 |
| Type: |
NUM |
| Start: |
82 |
| End: |
83 |
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| -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |
1 |
17,776 |
| -8 DK |
4 |
11,684 |
| -1 INAPPLICABLE |
1,589 |
15,874,941 |
| 1 APPENDECTOMY |
27 |
260,096 |
| 2 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY (VISUAL OF JOINTS) |
15 |
191,729 |
| 3 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION |
49 |
512,684 |
| 4 CATARACT SURGERY |
4 |
19,359 |
| 5 CIRCUMCISION |
3 |
43,243 |
| 6 CORONARY BYPASS |
21 |
252,123 |
| 7 D AND C (DILATION AND CURETTAGE) |
11 |
127,448 |
| 8 DENTAL SURGERY |
2 |
9,091 |
| 9 GALLBLADDER SURGERY (CHOLECYSTECTOMY) |
63 |
581,318 |
| 10 HERNIA REPAIR |
30 |
338,424 |
| 11 HYSTERECTOMY |
51 |
573,201 |
| 12 JOINT (HIP/KNEE) REPLACEMENT SURGERY |
39 |
469,901 |
| 13 MASTECTOMY/LUMPECTOMY |
22 |
180,660 |
| 14 PACEMAKER INSERTION |
11 |
116,279 |
| 15 PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY |
12 |
140,352 |
| 16 PROSTATE SURGERY (PROSTATECTOMY) |
17 |
167,973 |
| 17 SPINAL DISC SURGERY (SLIPPED/PROLAPSED) |
33 |
381,298 |
| 18 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE |
37 |
489,508 |
| 19 THYROID SURGERY (THYROIDECTOMY) |
9 |
120,170 |
| 20 TISSUE BIOPSY |
13 |
166,494 |
| 21 TONSILLECTOMY |
10 |
108,920 |
| 91 OTHER |
516 |
5,669,797 |
| TOTAL |
2,589 |
26,824,470 |
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