Illness	Number of cases
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.6)	21
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.1)	20
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	13
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	13
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.6)	8
Acute posthaemorrhagic anaemia (D62)	6
Other noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis - Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis unspecified (K52.9)	6
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	5
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	5
Other bacterial intestinal infections - Campylobacter enteritis (A04.5)	4

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	101
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	84
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	68
Examination of the oesophagus and the stomach by endoscopy (1-631.0)	53
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	38
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	37
Computed tomography of the pelvis with contrast medium (3-226)	36
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the large intestine (5-452.60)	36
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the lower digestive tract by endoscopy (1-444.7)	27
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.d3)	27

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0107

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
20	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Wir bieten 2x jährlich Schüler/-innen Ausbildungsplätze an, Beginn 01.04. und 01.10. eines Jahres. In Kooperation mit dem St. Vincenz- Krankenhaus Limburg und dem GKM Koblenz.
HB19	Nursing professionals	In der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege bieten wir 2 x jährlich Schüler/-innen einen Ausbildungsplatz an, Beginn zum 01.04. und 01.10.. In Kooperation mit dem St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus Limburg und dem GKM Koblenz.