Illness	Number of cases
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	207
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	103
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	69
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic sinusitis unspecified (J32.9)	28
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic maxillary sinusitis (J32.0)	23
Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue - Acquired deformity of nose (M95.0)	22
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	10
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis (J32.2)	5
Chronic sinusitis - Other chronic sinusitis (J32.8)	4
Malignant neoplasm of nasal cavity and middle ear - Malignant neoplasm of nasal cavity (C30.0)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.3)	341
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	253
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	233
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	130
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.70)	74
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.0)	72
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	70
Operation on the maxillary sinuses (5-221.1)	68
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	62
Operation on the ethmoid bone or on the sphenoid sinus (5-222.0)	45

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

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34	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*
33	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
33	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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