Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	277
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	150
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	141
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	62
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73)	53
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	52
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	45
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	44
Hyperparathyroidism and other disorders of parathyroid gland - Primary hyperparathyroidism (E21.0)	39
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	34

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.40)	306
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	176
Surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland (5-061.0)	161
(9-984.7)	150
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	149
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	145
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	144
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	131
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland (5-063.0)	111
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	101

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

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Department key: 1500

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Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

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

Number	Group
47	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*
41	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
41	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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