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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 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -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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