Illness	Number of cases
Alcoholic liver disease (K70.3)	58
Other diseases of oesophagus - Achalasia of cardia (K22.0)	48
Other diseases of oesophagus - Esophageal obstruction (K22.2)	47
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	33
Other diseases of digestive system - Gastrointestinal hemorrhage unspecified (K92.2)	32
Other diseases of intestine - Polyp of colon (K63.5)	27
Benign neoplasm of colon rectum anus and anal canal - Benign neoplasm of cecum (D12.0)	23
Benign neoplasm of colon rectum anus and anal canal - Benign neoplasm of ascending colon (D12.2)	23
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	23
Duodenal ulcer - Acute duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage (K26.0)	22

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	854
(1-931.0)	588
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	375
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	314
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.1)	281
Anaesthesia with administration of an anaesthetic into a vein (8-900)	234
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the lower digestive tract by endoscopy (1-444.7)	224
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	172
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the large intestine (5-452.61)	147
(9-984.7)	146

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0700

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

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

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

Number	Group
140	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*
94	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
61	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	nur Phase-II-Studien
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
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	seit April 2022
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	seit April 2021, seit 2023 neue Bundesgesetzgebung in Umsetzung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	ab 2022, neue Bundesgesetzgebung umgesetzt
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	seit Oktober 2022
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	seit Oktober 2021, Studium mit der Universität der Charité Berlin
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	seit Februar 2023, neue Bundesgesetzgebung umgesetzt
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	ab 2022, Bundesgesetzgebung umgesetzt
HB16	Dietician (m/f)	seit Oktober 2021
HB19	Nursing professionals	seit 2020, Pflegefachassistenz seit November 2022, Umsetzung der neuen Ausbildung nach Landesgesetzgebung
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Kooperationspartner für die ASH
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	ab 10/2024 in Umsetzung
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)	Seit 04/2023
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Seit 04/2022 nach neuer Gesetzgebung des Landes Berlin Pflegefachassistenz