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MEPS H26GF1 CODEBOOK
1998 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS FILE
DATE: August 22, 2005

Variable Name: SURGNAME
Description: SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 110
End: 111

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1
5,526
-8 DK
2
21,978
-1 INAPPLICABLE
102,437
1,243,548,920
1 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY
26
296,844
2 CLEANING/TREATM WOUND, INFECTION
212
2,569,864
3 REMOVAL OF DISEASED TISSUE (EXCISION)
756
10,443,877
4 STITCHES (WOUND SUTURE)
137
1,738,115
5 EAR TUBES (TYMPANOSTOMY TUBES)
21
200,623
91 OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE
1,148
14,905,866
TOTAL
104,740
1,273,731,612


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