Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
R05 - What is the specialty of your usual doctor? WLS Treatment
Treatment for all conditions
Studies in LINKAGE
  • WLS
    • Study name- R05
      • Variable name- z_gsu40re

# Datatype Datatype value list datatype
Value List Number

# Permissible value Value meaning name
1 GENERAL/FAMILY PRACTICE
2 INTERNAL MEDICINE
3 OB/GYN
4 SURGERY
6 OTHER
7 DERMATOLOGY
8 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
10 GASTROENTEROLOGY
12 OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE THERAPY/OSTEOPATH
13 NEUROLOGY
14 NEUROSURGERY
16 OTOLARYNGOLOGY
17 OPHTHALMOLOGY, OTOLOGY, LARYNGOLOGY, RHINOLOGY (OSTEOPATHS ONLY)
18 OPHTHALMOLOGY
20 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY/ORTHOPEDIC
26 PSYCHIATRY
29 PULMONARY DISEASE/RESPIRATORY DISEASE SPECIALIST
34 UROLOGY
37 PEDIATRIC MEDICINE
38 GERIATRIC MEDICINE
39 NEPHROLOGY
40 HAND SURGERY
41 OPTOMETRY
44 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
46 ENDOCRINOLOGY /DIABETES
48 PODIATRY
49 AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER
50 NURSE PRACTITIONER
62 PSYCHOLOGIST (BILLING INDEPENDENTLY)
66 RHEUMATOLOGY
67 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (INDEPENDENTLY PRACTICING)
77 VASCULAR SURGERY (EFF 5/92)
78 CARDIOLOGY
82 HEMATOLOGY (EFF 5/92)
83 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY (EFF 5/92)
84 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (EFF 5/92)
90 MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (EFF 5/92)
92 RADIATION ONCOLOGY (EFF 5/92)
93 EMERGENCY MEDICINE (EFF 5/92)
95 NO ONE DOCTOR/MULTIPLE/DIFFERENT DOCTOR EVERY TIME
96 SPORTS MEDICINE
98 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE/ACUPUNCTURE
99 UNKNOWN PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY
-1 DON'T KNOW
-2 INAPPLICABLE
-3 REFUSED
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED
-5 CASE NOT FIELDED

# Identifier Origin Version
R05_z_gsu40re WLS-study_name+variable_name WLS dataset version 15.2