Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	190
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.5)	117
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	110
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	45
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	41
Internal derangement of knee (M23.32)	27
Other disorders of cartilage (M94.26)	22
Fracture of femur (S72.01)	21
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.2)	17
Disorders of patella (M22.8)	17

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	281
Computed tomography (CT) of the musculoskeletal system without contrast medium (3-205)	272
Operation using a surgical robot (5-987.0)	231
(9-984.7)	86
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	82
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.0)	73
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	71
Surgical procedure on a joint by endoscopy (5-810.0h)	51
(9-984.8)	51
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	50

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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.	Explanation
CQ31

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

Number	Group
53	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*
45	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
39	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
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.
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.