Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	1.194
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	824
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	653
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.0)	586
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	229
Other interstitial pulmonary diseases (J84.1)	217
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.8)	191
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.80)	175
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	147
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)	119

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	4.465
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	3.919
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	2.691
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	1.856
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	1.710
Cancer treatment for one or more days with chemotherapy drugs administered into a vein or beneath the skin (8-542.12)	1.232
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.10)	1.226
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	1.137
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)	1.119
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	1.022

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0800

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
CQ03
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*
22	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
22	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Doctoral supervision