Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	102
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	57
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	27
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	25
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	25
Malignant neoplasm of colon - Malignant neoplasm of sigmoid colon (C18.7)	23
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	22
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	20
Pilonidal cyst (L05.9)	19
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	17

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	129
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	125
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation with measurement of the pressure in the superior vena cava (central venous pressure) (8-931.0)	117
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	87
(8-831.01)	83
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	73
Patient education (9-500.0)	68
(5-98c.0)	64
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	63
(9-984.7)	62

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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

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30	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
21	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
19	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

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