Illness	Number of cases
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	44
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	31
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	31
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60. (E66.07)	27
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	27
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	25
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia - Ileus unspecified (K56.7)	19
Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.3)	17
Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications (E11.90)	11
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	11

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(5-98c.1)	169
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)	97
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	81
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	77
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	76
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	63
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	41
Surgical connection between the stomach and small intestine bypassing the duodenum, without removing the stomach (5-445.51)	36
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	33
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	32

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

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38	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*
7	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
5	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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