Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	200
Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung (R91)	161
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	82
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease unspecified (J44.90)	66
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.10)	62
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.19)	59
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.09)	51
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)	44
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.00)	44
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation (J44.11)	42

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.451
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.196
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	671
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.0x)	537
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	383
Examination of the bronchi by taking a sample of fluid or tissue with a needle (1-843)	306
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-426.3)	260
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for home use (8-716.10)	241
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.1x)	232
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)	181

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1400

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 participation

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

Number	Group
43	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*
40	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
37	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
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)