Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	855
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	804
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	295
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	124
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	107
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	98
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.5)	81
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	70
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	55
Internal derangement of knee (M23.33)	51

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	925
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.j1)	785
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	449
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.eh)	391
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.81)	329
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments in the knee joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-813.4)	282
(9-984.7)	274
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	222
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	184
(9-984.8)	142

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2300

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
88	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*
66	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
66	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Kooperation mit zwei Ausbildungsstätten im Bereich operationstechnische Assistenz (3 Ausbildungsplätze)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Kooperation mit einer Ausbildungsstätte, mit Räumlichkeiten vor Ort
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Kooperation mit einer Ausbildungsstätte
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Kooperationspartner der Berufsfeuerwehr als Ausbildungsträger
HB19	Nursing professionals	Die Pflegefachschule Köln (im Haus) https://diepflegefachschule.de/