Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
R06 - Medical specialty of Respondent's usual provider of health care WLS Treatment
Treatment for all conditions
Studies in LINKAGE
  • WLS
    • Study name- R06
      • Variable name- z_hsu53reb

# Datatype Datatype value list datatype
Value List Number

# Permissible value Value meaning name
1 GENERAL OR FAMILY PRACTICE
2 INTERNAL MEDICINE
3 OB/GYN
4 SURGERY
5 CHIROPRACTOR
6 OTHER
7 DERMATOLOGY
8 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
10 GASTROENTEROLOGY
12 OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE THERAPY / OSTEOPATHY
13 NEUROLOGY
18 OPTHALMOLOGY
20 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY / ORTHOPEDICS
29 PULMONARY DISEASE / RESPIRATORY DISEASE SPECIALIST
34 UROLOGY
37 PEDIATRIC MEDICINE
38 GERIATRIC MEDICINE
39 NEPHROLOGY
41 OPTOMETRY
44 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
46 ENDOCRINOLOGY / DIABETES
48 PODIATRY
50 NURSE PRACTITIONER
64 AUDIOLOGIST (BILLING INDEPENDENTLY)
66 RHEUMATOLOGY
67 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (INDEPENDENTLY PRACTICING)
68 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
78 CARDIOLOGY
82 HEMATOLOGY
83 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
84 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
90 MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
95 NO ONE DOCTOR / MULTIPLE OR DIFFERENT DOCTORS EVERY TIME
96 SPORTS MEDICINE
98 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE / ACUPUNCTURE
-1 DON'T KNOW
-2 INAPPLICABLE
-3 REFUSED
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED
-5 CASE NOT FIELDED

# Identifier Origin Version
R06_z_hsu53reb WLS-study_name+variable_name WLS dataset version 15.2