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MEPS HC-085C 2004
OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES CODEBOOK
DATE: July 10, 2006

Variable Name: OMOTHOS
Description: OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 71
End: 95

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT04F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
9,428
90,615,322
91
1
8,604
A NEW CANE
1
12,080
AIR PURIFIER
1
3,983
ARM BRACES BOTH ARMS
1
12,017
BACK BRACE
1
21,512
BACK BRACES
1
9,660
BANDAGES
3
34,721
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, TAPE
1
18,992
BANDAIDS
1
6,938
BLOOD PRESSURE METER
1
8,327
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
3
31,678
BLOODPRESSURE MONITOR
1
12,598
C PAD UNIT PART REPLACEME
1
8,275
C PAP OXYGEN FOR SLEEP AP
1
26,617
C-PAP
1
10,108
C-PAP MACHINE
1
11,647
C-PAT MACHINE FOR SLEEP
1
10,324
CANE
3
20,060
CANE & CRUTCHES
1
25,248
CANE, ASTHMA-NEBULIZER
1
5,791
CCANE
1
7,251
CINCHER BACK SUPPORT
1
6,833
COMPRESSION STOCKINGS
3
35,873
CPAP MACHINE
1
9,559
CRUCHTS
1
13,324
CRUSHERS
1
5,453
CRUTCHES
4
32,551
DEPENDS RUBBER GLOVES
1
12,991
DIABETIC SHOES
1
5,580
DIABETIC SHOES 1 PAIR
1
5,705
DIABETIC SUPPLIES
1
13,752
DIAPERS
1
14,603
DONJOY
1
6,117
DONUT
1
1,078
ELECT WHEEL CHAIR
1
6,489
ELECTRIC SCOOTER
1
4,460
EMT SERVICES
1
8,537
ERROR
1
17,399
EXERCISE BIKE
1
14,321
EYE GLASSES
1
5,432
FLU SHOT
2
12,206
HEAD GEAR FOR CPAP MACHIN
1
10,485
HEALTH DEPARTME
1
0
HERBALIST
1
5,702
HOSPITAL BED
3
43,939
HYPOALLERGENIC BEDDING
1
10,861
INFUSION PI
1
18,084
KNEE MACHINE
1
9,141
LAB WORK
1
8,910
LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTER
1
4,519
LIGHTED MAGNIFER FOR READ
1
9,216
MASECTOMY BRAS
1
9,675
MASSAGE CHAIR/EYE SURG
1
8,417
MOBILE SCOOTER
1
6,511
MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR
1
9,531
MUSCLE STIMULATOR
1
8,004
NEBULIZER
9
99,143
NECK COLLAR
1
22,362
NECK PULLEY/OVER DOOR
1
9,826
NECK SUPPORT COLLAR
1
2,794
NEUBULIZER
1
0
NON-RX INSOLES/WRIST BRAC
1
18,448
OSTEMY SUPPLIES
1
18,626
OVER THE COUNTER
1
3,823
OVER THE COUNTER MEDS
1
3,834
OXYGEN
8
110,189
OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
1
8,586
OXYGEN TANG
1
9,302
OXYGEN TANK
1
1,689
OXYGEN-MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
1
23,081
PAID TRANSPORT
1
11,485
PARAMEDICS
1
6,571
PASSIVE MOTION EXER.DEVIC
1
3,120
PH0NE CALL TO NURSE
1
7,004
PHONE AMPLIFIER
1
9,194
PHYSICAL THERAPY
2
15,530
POST OPERATIVE SEE CNTRL
1
7,263
PRESCRIPTION STOCKINGS
1
5,336
PT & EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES
1
0
PULGEGENERATOR
1
9,886
PURCHASE WALKER IN 2004
1
7,409
RAISED TOILETS
1
9,138
RAMP
1
5,710
SCOOTER
1
6,091
SHOE
1
12,551
SHOE INSERTS
1
14,243
SHOES
1
12,500
SLEEP APNEA MACHINE
1
12,298
SLING
1
11,840
SPECIAL SOCKS
1
11,082
SPLINT
1
22,126
STOCKINGS FOR SWELLING LE
1
17,956
SUPER SLING SUPPORT
1
1,779
SUPPORT SOCKS-$98 PAIR
1
16,118
SYRINGES
1
3,471
TAPE/DRESSING
1
7,733
TELEPHONE CK OF PACEMAKER
1
9,144
TEST STRIPES DIABETES
1
11,484
THERAPEUTIC STOCKINGS
1
10,482
THERAPY PHYSICAL
1
15,361
TREATMENT FOR DRY EYES
1
11,483
ULTRASOUND MACHINE
1
3,735
UROLOGICAL SUPPLIES
1
19,190
VAPORIZER
1
8,574
WALKER
10
65,651
WALKER CANE
1
11,541
WALKER, HOSP BED
1
5,979
WALKER, RAISED TOILET SEA
1
6,584
WHEEL CHAIR
2
15,757
WHEELCHAIR
1
0
WRIST HARNESS
1
5,990
XR ECHOCARDIOGRAM
1
3,537
TOTAL
9,580
92,100,641


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