| 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 |
|
|
|
| -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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