Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	104
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	77
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.1)	69
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	52
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	33
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	31
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	24
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene recurrent (K40.91)	21
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.6)	21
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	20

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	172
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	165
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	105
Computed tomography of the pelvis with contrast medium (3-226)	96
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	94
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	92
(8-831.00)	80
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.96)	72
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	70
(9-984.7)	70

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Department key

Department key: 1500

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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
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”

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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.