Illness	Number of cases
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	106
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	92
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	76
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.2)	66
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	61
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	56
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.3)	49
Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue - Acquired deformity of nose (M95.0)	47
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	37
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	35

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	180
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.15)	168
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	166
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	161
Computed tomography of the neck with contrast medium (3-221)	139
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	134
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	124
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	111
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	108
Treatment of a nose bleed by packing with absorbent material (tamponade) (8-500)	106

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
65	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*
37	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
25	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

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)