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MEPS H33D CODEBOOK
1999 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
DATE: July 12, 2005

Variable Name: SURGPROC
Description: MAIN SURGICAL PROCEDURE
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 84
End: 85

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-8 DK
2
11,454
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,496
16,841,012
1 APPENDECTOMY
26
258,189
2 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY (VISUAL OF JOINTS)
17
249,963
3 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
59
647,856
4 CATARACT SURGERY
5
49,248
5 CIRCUMCISION
6
70,195
6 CORONARY BYPASS
24
224,219
7 D AND C (DILATION AND CURETTAGE)
7
102,573
8 DENTAL SURGERY
3
33,266
9 GALLBLADDER SURGERY (CHOLECYSTECTOMY)
62
677,127
10 HERNIA REPAIR
20
186,435
11 HYSTERECTOMY
54
634,217
12 JOINT (HIP/KNEE) REPLACEMENT SURGERY
37
517,724
13 MASTECTOMY/LUMPECTOMY
10
99,097
14 PACEMAKER INSERTION
13
194,489
15 PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
8
88,613
16 PROSTATE SURGERY (PROSTATECTOMY)
11
142,918
17 SPINAL DISC SURGERY (SLIPPED/PROLAPSED)
33
417,033
18 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE
39
533,724
19 THYROID SURGERY (THYROIDECTOMY)
7
70,451
20 TISSUE BIOPSY
15
194,212
21 TONSILLECTOMY
12
143,810
91 OTHER
472
5,239,101
TOTAL
2,438
27,626,926


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