Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	233
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	128
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia with obstruction without gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.30)	93
Ventral hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.90)	82
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Fourth degree hemorrhoids (K64.3)	61
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene recurrent (K40.91)	58
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K43.0)	53
Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K43.60)	52
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	45
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	43

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	804
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	337
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.63)	231
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.13)	131
Surgical repair of a hernial protrusion of the stomach (5-535.39)	128
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.33)	115
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.42)	110
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.20)	99
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	82
Revision operations (5-983)	70

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500 , 1516 , 1518 , 1551

Type of specialist department

Mixed main and occupancy ward

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law

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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2

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
64	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*
64	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
64	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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