Illness	Number of cases
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.11)	717
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	232
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.80)	205
Sleep disorders - Sleep apnea unspecified (G47.30)	202
Other interstitial pulmonary diseases (J84.1)	151
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.81)	134
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	105
Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified - Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.01)	76
Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung (R91)	75
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	66

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	2.167
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.073
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for home use (8-716.10)	1.016
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	963
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.0x)	882
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	875
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	787
Computed tomography (CT) of the chest without contrast medium (3-202)	486
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	441
Anaesthesia with administration of an anaesthetic into a vein (8-900)	380

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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
CQ27

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

Number	Group
26	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*
9	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
9	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Doctoral supervision
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies