Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	55
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	31
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	27
Other respiratory disorders - Disorders of diaphragm (J98.6)	18
Congenital musculoskeletal deformities of head face spine and chest - Pectus excavatum (Q67.6)	17
Other skin changes - Flushing (R23.2)	14
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	12
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	10
3 Pneumothorax (J93.8)	8
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)	7

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other treatment of the heart or the blood vessels through a tube (catheter) (8-839.x)	330
Surgical incision into the chest wall or pleura (5-340.0)	280
Other operations on the chest (5-349.6)	152
Examination of the chest or mediastinum by endoscopy (1-691.0)	104
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	103
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)	94
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a2)	85
Division of adhesions between the lungs and chest wall - lysis of adhesions (5-333.1)	80
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	73
Treatment by lavage of the lung or the cavity between the lung and ribs (8-173.10)	59

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2000

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ02
CQ05
CQ26

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

Number	Group
309	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*
192	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
153	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der FH Bielefeld
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeassistentin, Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeassistent
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit dem Studieninstitut Westfalen-Lippe