Illness	Number of cases
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Lobar pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.1)	107
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	61
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.9)	58
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.09)	56
Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)	39
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Bronchopneumonia unspecified organism (J18.0)	38
Pneumonia organism unspecified - Other pneumonia unspecified organism (J18.8)	38
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids - Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit (J69.0)	36
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	30
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	28

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(9-984.8)	253
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	187
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	181
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	176
(9-984.7)	164
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	157
Measurement of the reaction of the respiratory tract to a stimulus (1-714)	140
(9-984.9)	136
(9-984.b)	78
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)	77

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0108

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

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
112	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*
73	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
73	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

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	praktischer Teil der Ausbildung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	praktischer Teil der Ausbildung
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeassistenz