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            | MEPS HC-077C 2003 |  
            | OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:     July 13, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | OMOTHOS |  
            | Description: | OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY |  
            | Format: | 25.0 |  
            | Type: | CHAR |  
            | Start: | 71 |  
            | End: | 95 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 9,532 | 91,507,136 |  
            | ACCU-CHEK DIABETES MONITO | 1 | 11,824 |  
            | AMPLIFIED SPEAKER PHONE | 1 | 30,009 |  
            | AN ACSESS RAMP TO THE HOU | 1 | 36,085 |  
            | APRI BREATHING MONITOR | 1 | 7,555 |  
            | BACK BRACE | 2 | 15,474 |  
            | BASKET FOR WALKER | 1 | 14,142 |  
            | BATHING EQUIPMMENT | 1 | 10,200 |  
            | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR | 4 | 30,117 |  
            | BLOOD TESTS | 1 | 10,549 |  
            | BRACES AND A WALKER | 1 | 18,982 |  
            | BREAST BANDAGE | 1 | 8,194 |  
            | C-PAP | 1 | 13,826 |  
            | C-PAP FOR SLEEP APNEA | 1 | 2,092 |  
            | C-PAP MACHINE | 1 | 0 |  
            | CANE | 4 | 42,456 |  
            | CANE AND BLOOD PRES MONIT | 1 | 5,387 |  
            | CANES | 2 | 10,206 |  
            | CANES/WALKER | 1 | 7,546 |  
            | CARPAL TUNNEL SPLINTS | 1 | 14,299 |  
            | CATHETER | 1 | 9,553 |  
            | CONT POSITV AIRWY PRESSUR | 1 | 3,159 |  
            | CORRECTIVE INSERTS | 1 | 11,859 |  
            | CPAP | 1 | 12,649 |  
            | CPAP BREATHING DEVICE | 1 | 14,029 |  
            | CRACHES | 1 | 11,356 |  
            | CRUTCHES | 7 | 64,499 |  
            | CRUTCHES AND CANE | 1 | 5,343 |  
            | DIABETIC EQUIPMENT | 1 | 8,743 |  
            | DIABETIC SHOES | 1 | 9,369 |  
            | DIALYSIS - BYCARB/ACID | 1 | 8,986 |  
            | DIAPERS | 2 | 24,531 |  
            | ELECTRIC SCOOTER | 1 | 6,862 |  
            | HAND THERAPY EQUIPMENT | 1 | 18,948 |  
            | HEADSET FOR PHONE | 1 | 14,404 |  
            | HEALTH CLINIC | 1 | 13,392 |  
            | HEARING AID BATTERIES | 1 | 8,601 |  
            | HEATING PAD | 1 | 11,030 |  
            | HELICOPTOR | 1 | 10,743 |  
            | HERBAL MEDICINE | 1 | 8,359 |  
            | HOMEOPAT TRACTION MACHINE | 1 | 7,014 |  
            | HOSE | 1 | 10,511 |  
            | HOSPIS | 1 | 9,244 |  
            | HOSPITAL BED | 1 | 5,758 |  
            | HOSPITAL BED AND OXYGEN A | 1 | 8,412 |  
            | HOSPTIAL BED | 1 | 10,646 |  
            | HOUSING | 1 | 4,379 |  
            | INHALER | 1 | 8,608 |  
            | IV STAND | 1 | 4,502 |  
            | KNEE BRACE | 1 | 5,143 |  
            | KNEE BRACES | 1 | 9,904 |  
            | LANCES * STRIPS | 1 | 2,960 |  
            | LIFE FLIGHT | 1 | 17,174 |  
            | LIFT CHAIR | 1 | 4,670 |  
            | MACHINE MAGNIFIED TO SEE | 1 | 7,882 |  
            | MASSAGE THERAPY | 2 | 17,553 |  
            | MASTECTOMY BRAS | 1 | 14,938 |  
            | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT | 1 | 13,751 |  
            | MONITOR | 1 | 23,428 |  
            | MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR | 1 | 13,046 |  
            | MOUTH GUARD | 1 | 8,402 |  
            | MSG THERAPY | 1 | 10,437 |  
            | NEBULIZER | 5 | 45,695 |  
            | NEW WALKER | 1 | 12,773 |  
            | NURSE TO TEACH RE ASTHMA | 2 | 12,873 |  
            | ORTHOPEADIC BACI CUSHION | 1 | 8,537 |  
            | OXEGEN | 1 | 7,645 |  
            | OXYGEN | 7 | 77,097 |  
            | OXYGEN CONTAINER | 1 | 10,434 |  
            | OXYGEN EQUPMENT | 1 | 25,830 |  
            | OXYGEN TANKS | 1 | 5,249 |  
            | PACEMAKER CHECK | 1 | 4,450 |  
            | PERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM | 1 | 6,115 |  
            | PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE | 1 | 3,776 |  
            | PRONEB | 1 | 5,248 |  
            | PULLEYS FOR PHYSICAL THER | 1 | 16,778 |  
            | RAISED TOILET SEAT | 2 | 25,176 |  
            | RAMP | 2 | 16,507 |  
            | RAMPS | 1 | 6,691 |  
            | SCOOTER | 1 | 23,247 |  
            | SHOES | 3 | 18,376 |  
            | SLEEPING MACHINE | 1 | 3,758 |  
            | SPECIAL BRAS | 1 | 11,937 |  
            | SPLINTS FOR ARTHRITIS | 1 | 12,557 |  
            | STOCKINGS | 1 | 12,364 |  
            | SUPPORT STOCKINGS | 1 | 16,177 |  
            | TEST STRIPS | 2 | 20,256 |  
            | TRAC TUBE | 1 | 8,491 |  
            | VAPORIZER | 2 | 19,311 |  
            | WALKER | 7 | 52,288 |  
            | WALKER & CRUTCHES | 1 | 17,357 |  
            | WALKER AND SCOOTER | 1 | 5,929 |  
            | WALKING CANE | 1 | 7,690 |  
            | WHEEL CHAIR | 2 | 16,550 |  
            | WHEELCHAIR | 5 | 29,158 |  
            | WHEELCHAIR SUPPLIES | 1 | 10,431 |  
            | TOTAL | 9,671 | 92,867,608 |  
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