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            | MEPS H33G CODEBOOK |  
            | 1999 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS FILE |  
            | DATE:   August 16, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | SURGNAME |  
            | Description: | SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 112 |  
            | End: | 113 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 8 | 79,351 |  
            | -8 DK | 1 | 9,511 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 98,022 | 1,207,496,207 |  
            | 1 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY | 37 | 420,058 |  
            | 2 CLEANING/TREATM WOUND, INFECTION | 152 | 2,001,615 |  
            | 3 REMOVAL OF DISEASED TISSUE (EXCISION) | 700 | 9,592,624 |  
            | 4 STITCHES (WOUND SUTURE) | 107 | 1,226,343 |  
            | 5 EAR TUBES (TYMPANOSTOMY TUBES) | 15 | 234,374 |  
            | 91 OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE | 1,270 | 16,836,753 |  
            | TOTAL | 100,312 | 1,237,896,836 |  
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