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MEPS HC-051D CODEBOOK
2000 HOSPITAL INPATIENT STAYS
DATE: February 28, 2003

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT00F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
3
30,464
-8 DK
6
75,162
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,489
16,538,662
1 APPENDECTOMY
36
378,999
2 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY (VISUAL OF JOINTS)
14
159,343
3 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
54
617,064
4 CATARACT SURGERY
4
75,243
5 CIRCUMCISION
7
70,345
6 CORONARY BYPASS
39
526,381
7 D AND C (DILATION AND CURETTAGE)
6
78,489
8 DENTAL SURGERY
2
41,299
9 GALLBLADDER SURGERY (CHOLECYSTECTOMY)
52
492,042
10 HERNIA REPAIR
21
206,418
11 HYSTERECTOMY
58
690,947
12 JOINT (HIP/KNEE) REPLACEMENT SURGERY
64
714,446
13 MASTECTOMY/LUMPECTOMY
11
102,710
14 PACEMAKER INSERTION
16
174,469
15 PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
13
154,099
16 PROSTATE SURGERY (PROSTATECTOMY)
12
137,676
17 SPINAL DISC SURGERY (SLIPPED/PROLAPSED)
33
407,468
18 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE
62
682,984
19 THYROID SURGERY (THYROIDECTOMY)
3
38,055
20 TISSUE BIOPSY
10
100,253
21 TONSILLECTOMY
11
149,518
91 OTHER
482
5,701,772
TOTAL
2,508
28,344,307


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