Illness	Number of cases
Bacterial pneumonia not elsewhere classified - Unspecified bacterial pneumonia (J15.9)	130
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	73
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	71
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	47
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)	34
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.01)	27
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.80)	26
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	25
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	24
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids - Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit (J69.0)	24

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	419
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	401
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	224
(9-984.7)	142
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)	129
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	126
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for home use (8-716.10)	110
(9-984.b)	106
(9-984.8)	92
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	87

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0108

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
CQ01

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

Number	Group
63	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*
35	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
29	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)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies