Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	205
Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung (R91)	145
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	122
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	88
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	62
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.80)	62
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	49
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic organs - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of trachea bronchus and lung (D38.1)	40
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.09)	38
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.12)	37

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.278
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.023
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.0x)	780
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	578
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	352
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	302
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for home use (8-716.10)	253
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the respiratory tract by endoscopy (1-430.10)	246
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.1x)	200
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-426.3)	196

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1400

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
35	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*
32	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
29	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)