| OPS Code 5 | Reason for surgery | number |
|---|---|---|
| 1: The survey covers all hospitals, which invoice according to the DRG -compensation system and to which Article 1 of the hospital compensation law KHEntgG applies. 2: More than one operation per patient may occur. To represent complex interventions and partial measures, several codes (without duplicates) should be entered for operations involving several areas. Consequently, more than one code may be shown for one case of treatment. 3: Surgeries total includes also heading numbers 5-93 up to 5-99 (additional information on surgeries), which are not reported separately. | ||
| All heading numbers | Surgeries total2,3 | 16,531,491 |
| 5-469 | Other surgery on intestine | 386,048 |
| 5-032 | Access to the lumbar spine, to the Os sacrum and to the Os coccygis | 346,903 |
| 5-758 | Reconstruction of female genitalia after rupture, post partum | 339,263 |
| 5-513 | Endoscopic surgery on bile ducts | 290,454 |
| 5-820 | Implantation of endoprothesis at hip joint | 273,737 |
| 5-749 | Other Caesarean section | 252,209 |
| 5-794 | Open repositioning of a multiple-fragment fracture in long bone joint area with osteosynthesis | 241,174 |
| 5-822 | Implantation of endoprothesis at knee joint | 229,551 |
| 5-839 | Other surgery on spine | 220,696 |
| 5-896 | Surgical debridement with removal of diseased tissue on skin and subcutaneous tissue | 216,854 |
| 5-452 | Local excision and destruction of diseased tissue of large intestine | 212,465 |
| 5-511 | Cholecystectomy | 201,602 |
| 5-916 | Temporary soft tissue covering | 190,743 |
| 5-790 | Closed repositioning of fracture or epiphysiolysis with osteosynthesis | 171,251 |
| 5-900 | Simple restoration of surface continuity on skin and subcutis | 170,724 |
| 5-800 | Open surgical revision of joint | 167,933 |
| 5-530 | Occlusion of inguinal hernia | 158,895 |
| 5-83b | Osteosynthesis (dynamic stabilisation) of the spine | 155,883 |
| 5-895 | Radical and extensive excision of diseased tissue of the skin and subcutis | 152,010 |
| 5-831 | Excision of diseased disc tissue | 146,149 |
As at 24 September 2024