Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	87
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	17
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	12
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	12
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	12
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	11
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	10
Dorsalgia - Cervicalgia (M54.2)	10
Fibromyalgia (M79.70)	8
Malignant neoplasm of stomach - Malignant neoplasm of cardia (C16.0)	7

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.01)	93
Operation using a surgical robot (5-987.0)	89
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.03)	38
(5-98c.1)	34
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	32
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.1)	30
(9-984.7)	30
(5-98c.2)	29
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	27
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.0x)	27

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1600

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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
24	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*
20	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
20	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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General information

Research & teaching

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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung im Ausbildungsverbund mit der Augusta-Krankenanstalt Bochum
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung im Ausbildungsverbund mit der Augusta-Krankenanstalt Bochum
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	in Kooperation mit dem Kirchlichen Gesundheitszentrum für Gesundheitsberufe in Gelsenkirchen
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	in Kooperation mit dem Gesundheitscampus der Hochschule Bochum (HSG)