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MEPS HC-059C CODEBOOK
2001 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES
DATE: December 2, 2003

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

-1 INAPPLICABLE
9,231
84,493,163
A CANE
1
6,449
ACCUPUNCTURE
1
5,256
ACE BANDAGE
1
0
ACPUNTURE
1
19,430
ACUPUNCTURE
2
21,734
AIR FLOW BED
1
5,998
AIR SPLINT
1
6,581
BACK RUB
1
6,580
BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS
1
25,950
BATHROOM
1
19,352
BLOCKS FOR UNDERBED
1
12,360
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
1
0
BLOOD SUGAR MONITOR
1
5,480
BLOOD TEST AT WORK
1
14,225
BRACES ON TEETH
1
11,387
BREATH MACHINE
2
12,173
C PAP BREATHING MACHINE
1
5,642
C/PAP MASK
1
16,385
CANE
10
88,143
CANE AND A WALKER
1
10,928
CANE AND WALKER CRUTCHES
1
4,306
CANE,WALKER,LEG AND KNEE
1
11,385
CANES
1
4,705
CARPEL TUNNEL BRACE
1
16,663
CATHATER
1
7,821
CERVICAL PILLOW
1
11,105
CERVICAL TRACTION UNIT
1
7,028
CHIROPRACTICE
1
0
CHIROPRACTOR
3
23,041
CPAP
1
8,703
CPAP MACHINE PLUS FILTERS
1
0
CPAP NASAL MACHINE
1
8,243
CPAP UNIT & HUMIDIFIER
1
7,192
CRUTCHES
2
14,267
CRUTCHES-CANE
1
6,033
DIABETIC SHOES
1
6,881
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
1
7,305
DOC BAND
1
6,664
ENTENDED PINCHERS PICK UP
1
12,463
FIRST AID KIT
1
10,641
GLUCOMETER
1
5,374
GLUCOSE BLOOD TESTER
1
7,623
GLUCOSE METER
2
25,424
HANDICAP KITCHEN FAUCET
1
10,872
HANDRAILS, RAMP
1
2,899
HARMONE THERPY
1
11,386
HOME MAKER/AID
1
11,715
HOSPITAL BED
5
48,279
HOT WAX BATH
1
5,173
INSETS FOR SHOES
1
5,570
LIFT CHAIR
1
12,876
LIFT FOR VAN
1
8,088
MASSAGE THERAPY
4
58,518
MASSAGEA THERAPY
1
4,077
MAXCAIR INHALER
1
9,985
MEDICATION
1
3,294
MEDIPORT GASTROSTOMY TUBE
1
7,082
MOTION MACH, COOLING SYS
1
3,973
MOUTH GUARD
1
12,886
NATURAL PATHIC
1
9,350
NEBULIZER
1
14,196
NESBULIZER
1
5,465
NEUBILIZER
1
5,508
NEW GLASSES
1
5,714
NEW WHEEL CHAIR
1
3,825
NO ITMES RECEIVED
1
16,188
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EQUI
1
13,311
OPTHAMOLOGIST CHECKUP
1
2,915
ORTHODICS
1
11,493
ORTHOPEDIC ITEMS
1
16,633
OUTSIDE LAB DIAGNOSIS
1
10,939
OXGEN TANK
1
12,231
OXIGEN TANK
1
7,860
OXYGEN
3
28,689
OXYGEN REFILLS
1
0
OXYGEN TANK
1
3,796
OXYGEN TANKS
1
4,393
PROTEIN TEST STRIPS
1
21,477
PUMPANTOR
1
16,840
RAILS FOR BATHROOMS
1
6,263
ROLFING
1
5,311
SHOES
1
10,777
SLEEP APNEA MACHINE
1
7,568
SPECIAL SANDALS
1
4,169
SPECIAL SHOES
1
6,548
SPECIAL VEHICLE
1
2,372
SPORTS PHYSICAL
1
1,878
STOCKING ASSIST
1
10,029
SUCTION MACHINE
1
8,963
SURGICAL STOCKINGS
1
7,190
SYRINGES AND INSULLIN
1
5,213
TELEPHONE CALL FROM DR.
1
7,192
TESTING STRIPSS
1
9,381
THERAPEUTIC PILLOW
1
11,354
TOWELS
1
6,668
TRACTION MACHINE FOR EXER
1
1,378
TRANSFER BELT
1
11,642
VAPORIZER
1
14,511
VAPORIZOR
1
9,929
WALKER
4
15,951
WALKER CANE
1
8,248
WEIGHTED STEP STOOL
1
16,186
WHEEL CHAIR
7
73,663
WHEEL CHAIR RENTED
1
10,085
WHEELCHAIR
5
49,935
WHEELCHAIR CRUTCHES
1
4,829
WIG
1
10,897
X-RAYS
1
6,955
TOTAL
9,376
85,772,665


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