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MEPS HC 239B CODEBOOK
2022 DENTAL VISITS
DATE: April 11, 2024

Variable Name: DENTOTHX
Description: OTHER SPECIFY DENTAL PROCEDURES - EDITED
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 96
End: 120

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
22,163
326,758,597
-8 DK
2
60,083
ABCESS
1
10,274
ABSCESS
1
14,497
ABSESS
1
6,541
ABSESS AND BONE GRAFT
1
6,541
ABSESS TOOTH
2
13,082
ABYSS
1
24,876
ADHERE MOLAR TO GUMS
1
12,490
ADJUSTED WHAT WAS DONE
1
9,387
ADJUSTMENTS
4
38,835
AJUSTMENT
1
4,567
ANESTHESIA
1
21,872
ANTIBIOTIC
1
10,601
ANTIBIOTIC INSERTED GUMLI
1
22,281
ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT
2
20,247
APPLIED ANTIBIOTIC
2
5,505
APPOINTMENT WAS CANCELLED
1
20,197
ASCESS
1
14,497
AT HOME SLEEP STUDY
1
28,508
BIOPSY
3
20,053
BITE ADJUSTMENT
1
7,364
BITE AJUSTMENT
1
13,539
BITE GUARD
1
8,302
BITE GUARD MADE
1
17,371
BLOOD CHECK /CARDIO CHECK
1
20,524
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK
1
6,527
BONDING
2
12,854
BONE DENSITY ISSUES
1
10,168
BONE GRAFT
6
104,931
BONE GRAFTING
1
17,780
BONE GRAPH
2
31,540
BONE INJECTED DIDNT WORK
1
27,072
BONE REPLACEMENT GRAFT
1
16,071
BOTOX INJECTION
1
37,887
BROKEN TOOTH REPAIR
2
16,522
CAMERA PICTURES OF TEETH
1
7,608
CANCER SCANNING
1
6,000
CANCER SCREENING
1
9,819
CAST/MOLD OF TOOTH
1
12,008
CEMENTED TOOTH, NOT IMPL
1
7,480
CHECK SURGERY
1
16,047
CHECKED A LESION
1
16,767
CHECKING ENAMEL ON TEETH
1
12,359
CHECKING PREP AND MEDS
1
34,059
CHIP TOOTH
1
17,219
CLEANING & UV LIGHT
1
4,542
CLEARANCE FOR KNEE SURGER
1
9,508
CLIP TONGUE TIE
1
10,198
COATED TOOTH ROOT W/ENAME
1
8,199
COMPREHENSIVE ORAL EVALUA
1
14,847
CONE CT
1
4,986
CONSOLTATION ON INVISULIN
1
19,185
CONSULT
5
60,746
CONSULTATION
6
77,515
CONSULTATION FOR SURGERY
1
9,476
CONSULTATION OF RESTORATI
1
7,526
CONSULTATION WISDOM TEETH
1
5,377
CORE BUILD UP
2
20,140
COSMETIC
1
9,099
COVID TEST
1
4,120
CRACKED TOOTH PAIN
1
16,863
CRACKED TOOTH REPAIR
1
7,731
CREAM
1
22,123
CT CAPTURE
1
17,943
CT SCAN
1
4,277
DECAY PREVENTION
1
68,726
DENTAL
1
16,981
DENTAL EMERGENCY
1
27,834
DENTAL MESUREMENT
1
6,778
DENTAL MOUTH GUARD
1
6,198
DENTAL PAIN
1
5,877
DENTAL PRESCRIPTION VISIT
1
7,608
DENTAL REFERRAL
1
4,104
DENTEURS PROCEDURE
1
5,094
DETAIL PICTURES TO GUARD
1
2,907
DIAGNOSED CRACKED TOOTH
1
9,886
DIAGNOSTIC ZYGOMATIC IMPL
1
8,885
DK
1
9,716
DO NOT DO ANYTHING
1
3,151
DRILLED FOR THE CROWN
1
39,739
EVALUATION PERIOTIC
1
8,916
EXAM NO SURGERY
1
17,603
EXTRACTIONS OF HARDWARE
1
9,387
F/U FOR VENEERS
1
13,162
FILE DOWN TOOTH
1
0
FILING DOWN CROWN
1
11,123
FILLINGS AND EXTRACTIONS
1
9,244
FITTED MOUTHGUARD
1
42,881
FITTING
1
18,214
FITTING FOR A MOUTHGUARD
1
18,779
FITTING FOR MOUTH GUARD
2
6,654
FIXED BROKEN TOOTH
1
11,151
FIXED CHIPPED TOOTH
1
24,818
FIXING BROKEN TOOTH
1
8,541
FOLLOW UP
16
248,026
FOLLOW UP POST SUR
1
4,386
FOLLOW UP TO SURGERY
1
3,568
FOLLOW UP VISIT
1
1,730
FOLLOW-UP
1
23,756
FOLLOW-UP FROM BONE GRAPH
1
39,761
FOLLOWUP
1
16,648
FOLLOWUP TO SURGURY ONLY
1
5,473
FOLLOWUP VISIT
1
25,139
FOUND ABSEST
1
14,878
FRACTURED TOOTH
1
11,785
FREE FOLLOW UP
1
26,887
FU FROM PULLED TOOTH
1
11,171
GENERAL CHECK UP
1
28,690
GLUED IT TEMPORARILY
1
6,844
GRIND DOWN BONE SPUR
1
14,983
GUMS
1
10,160
IMPLANT AND FOLLOWUP
1
16,648
IMPRESIONS
1
16,236
IMPRESSION
4
113,468
IMPRESSION UPPER MOUTH
1
9,575
IMPRESSIONS
4
52,922
IMPRESSIONS OF DENTAL
1
5,094
INFECTION
14
160,107
INFECTION AROUND WISDOM T
1
10,165
INFECTION IN CROWN
1
11,785
INVISILIGN CANCLLED
1
25,287
INVISILINE
1
8,924
JAW OUT OF WACK
2
21,175
JAW PAIN
1
10,488
JAW PAIN -NERVE
1
7,289
JAW PAIN EMERGENCY VISIT
1
26,728
LASER THERAPY
1
11,153
LESION REMOVAL
1
3,811
LTD ORAL EVAL PROBLEM FOC
1
13,778
MADE CORRECTIONS
1
14,342
MADE TOOTH MOLD
1
18,064
MAGO
1
10,587
MEASUREMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS
1
9,270
MOLD FOR DENTAL WHITEING
1
11,959
MOLD FOR GUARD
1
16,140
MOLD FOR WHITENING FIXTUR
1
11,959
MOLD OF TEETH
1
11,640
MOLD TAKING OF TEETH
1
16,731
MOLDS OF GUMS
1
19,439
MOLDS SENT OUT FOR CROWNS
1
13,267
MOULDS
2
9,179
MOUTH GUARD
10
95,843
MOUTH GUARD FITING
1
4,974
MOUTH GUARD FITTING
1
13,497
MOUTHGUARD
2
23,728
MOUTHGUARD FITTING
2
24,051
MUSCLE SPASAM ON JAW
1
5,926
NIGHT GUARD
12
168,296
NIGHT GUARD FITTING
2
12,338
NIGHTGUARD
1
19,996
NIGHTGUARD SCAN AND FITTI
1
18,576
NO TREATMENT/PAT REF
1
11,153
NOT A VISIT ERROR
1
17,691
NOTHING
1
20,572
NOTHING WAS DONE
1
18,216
OCCLUSION GRINDING GUARD
1
42,866
ODONTOPLASTY
1
63,167
ONGOING DENTAL CARE
1
5,774
OPINION ON IMPLANTS
1
3,933
ORAL APPLIANCE/SLEEP AP
1
15,286
ORAL CANCER SCREENING
4
25,621
ORAL EXAM FOR MOUTH GUARD
1
4,546
ORTHOPEDICE SURGEON
1
16,131
PAIN ON ONE TEETH
1
7,080
PASTE WAS PUT ON TOOTH
1
6,778
PERIAPICAL
1
8,286
PHOTO OF FRACTURED
1
7,313
PLAN FOR UPPER QUADRANT
1
8,858
POST OP CHECK
1
4,120
POST OP EXAM
1
10,070
PRE CAVITY TREATMENT
1
16,484
PRE SURGEY CHECK
1
27,304
PREP FOR GETTTING STEM
1
17,451
PREPARATION FOR SURGERY
1
5,473
PREPARE FOR KNEE SURGERY
1
6,075
PREVENTATIVE
1
35,420
PROCEDURE FOR ABSESS
1
6,541
PULLED/TISSUE REG/GRAFT
1
10,842
REABSORPTION
1
11,469
REALIGNMENT
2
118,929
RECEIVED MOUTHGUARD
1
16,469
RECHECK
1
25,757
RECHECK BECAUSE STILL PAI
1
14,878
REDO IMPRESSION
1
68,750
REMOVAL OF A LESION
2
29,314
REMOVED SCREWS
1
8,541
REMOVED STITCHES
1
8,267
REPAIR CHIPPED VENEER
1
12,014
REPAIR TOOTH ENAMEL DEGRA
1
6,859
REPAIRS
1
10,071
REPROFILED FRONT TOOTH
1
7,486
RESIN AND COMPOSITES
1
2,832
RESIN PLUS POSTERIOR
1
12,271
ROOTS LAZER SURGERY
2
32,094
SCAN FOR NIGHTGUARD
1
9,611
SCRAPED TOOTH TO PUT ANTI
1
5,591
SCRAPING
1
8,288
SCREENING FOR ORAL CANCER
1
20,186
SEDATION
2
25,484
SET UP MORE EXTRACTIONS
1
9,910
SHAVED TOOTH WITH CHIP
1
18,709
SHOWED UP NO SERVICES
2
27,907
SLEEP APNEA
1
11,738
SLEEP APNEA DEVICE
1
10,063
SLEEP APNEA PIECE
1
1,455
SLEEP APNEA PIECE PLACEME
1
1,455
SLEEP APNEA TREATMENT
3
35,215
SLEEP APNES PIECE PLACEME
1
1,455
SLEEP CONSULTATION
1
17,178
SLEEP STUDY RESULTS
1
28,508
SMOOTH THE TOOTH
1
7,093
SMOOTHING
1
57,902
SORE GUM
1
29,806
SORE MOUTH
1
12,184
STICHES REMOVED
1
10,757
SURFUS POSTERS
1
7,656
SURGERY
1
16,963
SURGERY FOLLOW-UP
1
23,756
SURGICAL GUIDE
1
7,355
SUTURE REMOVAL
1
60,625
SWOLLEN GUMS
3
34,206
TEETH GRINDING
1
11,847
TEETH IMPRESSION
1
9,983
TEETH RELINE
1
50,537
TEETH WHITENING
1
11,153
TELEHEALTH CONTINUATION
1
13,593
TEMPORARY NIGHT GUARD
1
1,622
TEMPORARY TOOTH
1
23,756
THREE DENTAL SPLINTS
1
6,663
TIED TONGUE PROCEDURE
1
13,125
TIED TONGUE SURGERY
1
13,125
TMJ SPLINT
1
10,460
TO SEE THE RESULTS OF EXA
1
10,987
TONGUE
2
9,945
TONGUE TIDE
1
26,849
TONGUE TIE
3
163,876
TONGUE TIED PROCEDURE
1
26,849
TONGUETIE
1
38,306
TOOK MOLD
1
14,339
TOOTH
2
22,383
TOOTH ACHE
1
10,610
TOOTH ACHE ABCESS
1
11,785
TOOTH ADJUSTMENT
1
50,941
TOOTH BONDING
1
21,823
TOOTH EXTRACTION
1
0
TOOTH FILED DOWN
1
1,390
TOOTH FILING
2
57,895
TOOTH GUARD
1
9,066
TOOTH PAIN
2
24,904
TOOTH REPAIR
3
24,776
TOOTH SANDING
1
12,603
TOOTHACHE
1
8,528
TOUGUE CRISP
1
9,842
UNKNOWN SURGERY
1
10,766
UPPER LIP TIE REMOVED
1
17,445
WHITENING
1
17,089
WHITING
1
8,332
WIRE CHANGE
2
41,872
TOTAL
22,529
332,067,200


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