Illness	Number of cases
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	90
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	79
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	66
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	56
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	51
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.4)	50
Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.4)	47
Other functional intestinal disorders - Slow transit constipation (K59.01)	38
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	35
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	402
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)	205
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	185
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.23)	119
(9-984.7)	112
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	107
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	87
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	81
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	78
(9-984.8)	71

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

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

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
54	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
53	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Seit vielen Jahren arbeitet die Zentralapotheke mit verschiedenen Universitäten und der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft zusammen.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Alle Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer kommen vom Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Die Schule bietet 120 Ausbildungsplätze. Die Unterrichtsstunden werden in mehrwöchigen Blöcken gestaltet und wechseln sich mit den Ausbildungseinsätzen in der Heidekreis-Klinikum GmbH ab. Die Auszubildenden erhalten eine praxisorientierte und fundierte Ausbildung, die sie selbst mitgestalten können.