Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	60
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	54
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	54
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	31
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates (J34.3)	24
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.3)	16
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)	8
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic maxillary sinusitis (J32.0)	7
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Hemorrhage from throat (R04.1)	6
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis (J32.2)	5

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	150
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	129
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	110
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	62
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.0)	59
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	51
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	49
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.4)	27
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.0x)	20
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.5)	17

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Department key: 2600

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Main Department

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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

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

Number	Group
51	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*
51	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
23	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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