Illness	Number of cases
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	50
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	40
Fibromyalgia (M79.70)	26
Psoriasis (L40.5)	18
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (M05.84)	15
Polyarthrosis - Other polyosteoarthritis (M15.8)	13
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Other specified rheumatoid arthritis unspecified site (M06.80)	10
Pain not elsewhere classified (R52.2)	9
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	8
Gout - Idiopathic gout unspecified site (M10.00)	6

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	67
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	46
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	41
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	35
Complex differential diagnostic sonography of the vascular system with quantitative evaluation (3-035)	33
(9-984.7)	31
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	27
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	27
Examination of a joint or of a bursa by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-854.7)	20
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	18

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Department key

Department key: 3700 , 0100

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

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
40	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*
31	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
31	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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)