Illness	Number of cases
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	67
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	65
Atherosclerosis (I70.22)	63
Atherosclerosis (I70.23)	53
Other functional intestinal disorders - Constipation unspecified (K59.00)	33
Atherosclerosis - Atherosclerosis of native arteries of other extremities with ulceration (I70.25)	27
Erysipelas (A46)	22
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	22
Lipomatosis not elsewhere classified (E88.21)	21
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	20

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	143
X-rays of the arteries in the legs with contrast medium (3-607)	134
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	103
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	89
Treatment of a vessel with access via a tube (catheter) (8-836.0s)	82
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	81
(9-984.7)	76
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	63
X-rays of the arteries in the pelvis with contrast medium (3-605)	62
Treatment of a vessel with access via a tube (catheter) (8-836.0c)	60

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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
60	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*
48	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
45	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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