Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	146
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	57
Other hearing loss (H91.0)	47
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	45
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	43
Acute tonsillitis (J03.9)	35
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	35
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.2)	33
Cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71)	27
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic maxillary sinusitis (J32.0)	25

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	292
Treatment of a nose bleed by packing with absorbent material (tamponade) (8-500)	266
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	221
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	219
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	145
(1-611.00)	142
Measurement of brain waves triggered by targeted stimuli (evoked potentials) (1-208.8)	139
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	133
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.0)	120
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	107

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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
85	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*
53	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
35	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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