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Table 2 Fee positions invoiced by ENT specialists according to the uniform fee position regulation (n = 302,782)

From: Treating epistaxis – who cares for a bleeding nose? A secondary data analysis of primary and secondary care

 

ENT specialist

(n = 119,170)

Tamponade of the posterior nasal sections and/or the nasopharynx (09310)

5308 (4.5%)

Lupe laryngoscopy (09311)

31,614 (26.5%)

Direct laryngoscopy using an endoscope in newborns, infants, toddlers or children up to 5 years of age (09313)

337 (0.3%)

Additional fee code for the treatment of a patient with acute, difficult-to-stop nosebleed (09329)

23,436 (19.7%)

Minor surgical intervention I in the ENT-mouth area (09360)

14,429 (12.1%)

Minor surgical intervention II in the ENT-mouth area and/or primary wound care in the ENT-mouth area (09361)

16,358 (13.7%)

Minor surgical intervention III in the ENT-mouth area and/or primary wound care in infants, toddlers and children in the ENT-mouth area (09362)

1461 (1.2%)

  1. Note: Fee position 09329 is not to be requested on the same day as 09310 in a case. ENT ear, nose and throat