Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	165
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	147
Internal derangement of knee (M23.32)	146
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	115
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	85
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	84
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.5)	83
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip (M16.7)	66
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	63
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	62

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	768
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.0)	269
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	242
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	230
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	213
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	195
Operation on bones of the foot (5-788.00)	175
Operation on the kneecap (patella) or its ligaments (5-804.5)	173
Operation on bones of the foot (5-788.40)	172
Operation on bones of the foot (5-788.60)	169

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Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

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Main Department

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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
61	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*
50	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
48	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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