Illness	Number of cases
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.1)	574
Atherosclerosis (I70.22)	115
Erysipelas (A46)	42
Atherosclerosis (I70.24)	37
Lymphedema not elsewhere classified (I89.02)	13
Ulcer of lower limb not elsewhere classified (L97)	11
Lymphedema not elsewhere classified (I89.01)	10
Lipomatosis not elsewhere classified (E88.22)	8
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis (I80.28)	7
Type 2 diabetes mellitus not insulin dependent from the start (E11.74)	6

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(5-385.9d)	415
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.70)	343
Revision operations (5-983)	190
(5-385.9b)	142
X-rays of the arteries in the pelvis with contrast medium (3-605)	140
X-rays of the arteries in the legs with contrast medium (3-607)	140
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.c6)	105
Treatment of a vessel with access via a tube (catheter) (8-836.0s)	96
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.4)	81
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.d0)	74

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External quality assurance according to state law
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Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
9	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*
6	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
6	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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