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            | MEPS H51F CODEBOOK |  
            | 2000 OUTPATIENT VISITS FILE |  
            | DATE:   August 16, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | SURGNAME |  
            | Description: | SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 106 |  
            | End: | 107 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 1 | 16,213 |  
            | -8 DK | 1 | 2,889 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 10,236 | 118,501,433 |  
            | 1 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY | 70 | 889,711 |  
            | 2 CATARACT SURGERY | 83 | 1,051,506 |  
            | 3 CLEANING/TREATM WOUND, INFECTION | 20 | 323,628 |  
            | 4 DILATION AND CURETTAGE (D AND C) | 26 | 358,749 |  
            | 5 STITCHES (WOUND SUTURE) | 11 | 126,399 |  
            | 6 TISSUE BIOPSY | 108 | 1,269,625 |  
            | 7 TONSILLECTOMY | 27 | 302,915 |  
            | 8 ADENOIDECTOMY | 4 | 45,022 |  
            | 9 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 23 | 266,161 |  
            | 10 EAR TUBES (TYMPANOSTOMY TUBES) | 25 | 272,746 |  
            | 11 PACEMAKER INSERTION | 1 | 16,349 |  
            | 91 OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE | 592 | 7,616,523 |  
            | TOTAL | 11,228 | 131,059,870 |  
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