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MEPS H33F CODEBOOK
1999 Outpatient Visits File
DATE: August 16, 2005

Variable Name: SURGNAME
Description: SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 109
End: 110

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2
13,274
-8 DK
1
7,957
-1 INAPPLICABLE
8,539
106,000,321
1 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY
69
935,487
2 CATARACT SURGERY
87
1,078,409
3 CLEANING/TREATM WOUND, INFECTION
7
101,476
4 DILATION AND CURETTAGE (D AND C)
31
329,028
5 STITCHES (WOUND SUTURE)
12
124,859
6 TISSUE BIOPSY
99
1,232,016
7 TONSILLECTOMY
19
250,472
8 ADENOIDECTOMY
2
22,912
9 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
29
375,926
10 EAR TUBES (TYMPANOSTOMY TUBES)
25
315,266
11 PACEMAKER INSERTION
2
22,036
91 OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE
641
7,688,609
TOTAL
9,565
118,498,049


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