Illness	Number of cases
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.1)	431
Atherosclerosis (I70.22)	114
Atherosclerosis (I70.24)	33
Erysipelas (A46)	22
Lymphedema not elsewhere classified (I89.01)	19
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis (I80.28)	14
Lymphedema not elsewhere classified (I89.02)	13
Ulcer of lower limb not elsewhere classified (L97)	11
Type 2 diabetes mellitus not insulin dependent from the start (E11.74)	8
Pulmonary embolism (I26.9)	7

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.96)	240
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.70)	235
Revision operations (5-983)	171
X-rays of the arteries in the pelvis with contrast medium (3-605)	124
X-rays of the arteries in the legs with contrast medium (3-607)	124
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.d0)	102
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.c6)	100
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.4)	95
Treatment of a vessel with access via a tube (catheter) (8-836.0s)	90
(9-984.7)	43

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

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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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