Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	106
Internal derangement of knee (M23.32)	100
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	87
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	64
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	45
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	41
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	35
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	32
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	29
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	26

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	165
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	149
(9-984.7)	149
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)	144
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.0h)	127
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	109
(9-984.8)	109
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.eh)	106
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.3)	106
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	100

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Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

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Services & facilities

Quality

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

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No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
25	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*
14	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
14	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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