| 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 total 2,3 | 15,918,053 |
| 5-469 | Other surgery on intestine | 377,954 |
| 5-758 | Reconstruction of female genitalia after rupture, post partum | 354,796 |
| 5-032 | Access to the lumbar spine, to the Os sacrum and to the Os coccygis | 324,693 |
| 5-513 | Endoscopic surgery on bile ducts | 283,683 |
| 5-749 | Other Caesarean section | 261,050 |
| 5-820 | Implantation of endoprothesis at hip joint | 255,886 |
| 5-794 | Open repositioning of a multiple-fragment fracture in long bone joint area with osteosynthesis | 237,954 |
| 5-896 | Surgical debridement with removal of diseased tissue on skin and subcutaneous tissue | 207,670 |
| 5-839 | Other surgery on spine | 204,785 |
| 5-452 | Local excision and destruction of diseased tissue of large intestine | 201,953 |
| 5-822 | Implantation of endoprothesis at knee joint | 199,527 |
| 5-511 | Cholecystectomy | 190,102 |
| 5-916 | Temporary soft tissue covering | 181,390 |
| 5-790 | Closed repositioning of fracture or epiphysiolysis with osteosynthesis | 170,929 |
| 5-900 | Simple restoration of surface continuity on skin and subcutis | 170,527 |
| 5-530 | Occlusion of inguinal hernia | 162,794 |
| 5-812 | Arthroscopic surgery on articular cartilage | 159,869 |
| 5-800 | Open surgical revision of joint | 159,390 |
| 5-814 | Arthroscopic refixation and plastic surgery of capsular ligament at shoulder joint | 152,130 |
| 5-83b | Osteosynthesis (dynamic stabilisation) of the spine | 148,339 |
As at 26 September 2023