| 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 |
|
|
|
| -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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