| MEPS H26FF1 CODEBOOK |
| 1998 OUTPATIENT VISITS FILE |
| DATE: August 22, 2005 |
| Variable Name: |
SURGNAME |
| Description: |
SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES |
| Format: |
2.0 |
| Type: |
NUM |
| Start: |
105 |
| End: |
106 |
|
|
|
| -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |
3 |
34,356 |
| -8 DK |
2 |
41,669 |
| -1 INAPPLICABLE |
9,438 |
112,707,368 |
| 1 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY |
73 |
961,468 |
| 2 CATARACT SURGERY |
99 |
1,377,893 |
| 3 CLEANING/TREATM WOUND, INFECTION |
36 |
539,737 |
| 4 DILATION AND CURETTAGE (D AND C) |
35 |
425,681 |
| 5 STITCHES (WOUND SUTURE) |
19 |
340,858 |
| 6 TISSUE BIOPSY |
110 |
1,532,153 |
| 7 TONSILLECTOMY |
14 |
169,413 |
| 8 ADENOIDECTOMY |
3 |
40,768 |
| 9 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION |
15 |
212,140 |
| 10 EAR TUBES (TYMPANOSTOMY TUBES) |
19 |
293,214 |
| 11 PACEMAKER INSERTION |
1 |
4,337 |
| 91 OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE |
605 |
7,463,083 |
| TOTAL |
10,472 |
126,144,139 |
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