MEPS H26DF1 CODEBOOK |
1998 HOSPITAL INPATIENT STAYS FILE |
DATE: August 19, 2005 |
Variable Name: |
SURGPROC |
Description: |
MAIN SURGICAL PROCEDURE |
Format: |
2.0 |
Type: |
NUM |
Start: |
82 |
End: |
83 |
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-9 NOT ASCERTAINED |
1 |
17,776 |
-8 DK |
4 |
11,684 |
-1 INAPPLICABLE |
1,589 |
15,874,941 |
1 APPENDECTOMY |
27 |
260,096 |
2 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY (VISUAL OF JOINTS) |
15 |
191,729 |
3 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION |
49 |
512,684 |
4 CATARACT SURGERY |
4 |
19,359 |
5 CIRCUMCISION |
3 |
43,243 |
6 CORONARY BYPASS |
21 |
252,123 |
7 D AND C (DILATION AND CURETTAGE) |
11 |
127,448 |
8 DENTAL SURGERY |
2 |
9,091 |
9 GALLBLADDER SURGERY (CHOLECYSTECTOMY) |
63 |
581,318 |
10 HERNIA REPAIR |
30 |
338,424 |
11 HYSTERECTOMY |
51 |
573,201 |
12 JOINT (HIP/KNEE) REPLACEMENT SURGERY |
39 |
469,901 |
13 MASTECTOMY/LUMPECTOMY |
22 |
180,660 |
14 PACEMAKER INSERTION |
11 |
116,279 |
15 PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY |
12 |
140,352 |
16 PROSTATE SURGERY (PROSTATECTOMY) |
17 |
167,973 |
17 SPINAL DISC SURGERY (SLIPPED/PROLAPSED) |
33 |
381,298 |
18 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE |
37 |
489,508 |
19 THYROID SURGERY (THYROIDECTOMY) |
9 |
120,170 |
20 TISSUE BIOPSY |
13 |
166,494 |
21 TONSILLECTOMY |
10 |
108,920 |
91 OTHER |
516 |
5,669,797 |
TOTAL |
2,589 |
26,824,470 |
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