Illness	Number of cases
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.2)	165
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	150
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	148
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	139
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)	134
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	120
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	98
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.8)	72
Follow-up examination after treatment for malignant neoplasms (Z08.7)	71
Acute tonsillitis (J03.9)	68

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	611
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	337
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	329
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	260
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.3)	167
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	162
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.5)	144
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	144
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.0)	138
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	121

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2600

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
12	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*
12	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
12	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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