Illness	Number of cases
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	76
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	74
Volume depletion (E86)	63
Other diseases of digestive system - Gastrointestinal hemorrhage unspecified (K92.2)	63
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	59
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	54
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	54
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.0)	48
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	33
Calculus of bile duct without cholangitis or cholecystitis with obstruction (K80.51)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	718
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	448
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	417
(9-984.8)	394
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	385
(9-984.7)	294
Computed tomography of the pelvis with contrast medium (3-226)	250
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	219
(9-984.9)	201
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	196

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0100

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

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
48	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*
37	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
32	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau bzw. zum Pflegefachmann findet in Kooperation mit der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe (AGP) Viersen statt. Insgesamt werden 14 Plätze vergeben, Ausbildungsbeginn ist zum 01.03. und 01.09. jeden Jahres.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Die Ausbildung zum Krankenpflegehelfer bzw. zur Krankenpflegehelferin findet in Kooperation mit der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe (AGP) Viersen statt. Insgesamt werden 4 Plätze vergeben, Ausbildungsbeginn ist zum 01.03. jeden Jahres.