Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	162
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	80
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	41
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic organs - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of trachea bronchus and lung (D38.1)	39
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	28
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	26
Other respiratory disorders - Other disorders of lung (J98.4)	20
Benign neoplasm of middle ear and respiratory system (D14.3)	18
Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract (J39.80)	14
Other respiratory disorders - Disorders of diaphragm (J98.6)	14

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	263
(8-831.00)	148
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-426.3)	110
Examination of the chest or mediastinum by endoscopy (1-691.0)	100
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	95
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.10)	83
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.2)	67
Surgical removal of one or two lobes of the lung (5-324.71)	64
Surgical removal of lung tissue, without taking the anatomical divisions of the lungs into account (5-322.g1)	60
(9-984.7)	58

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2000

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ27

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

Number	Group
50	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*
39	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
39	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Doctoral supervision
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)