title: [Current regulatory aspects: ambulatory surgery and dermatology].
abstract: Recently the catalogue for ambulatory surgery in hospitals has been updated presenting a successful integration into the classification of EMB 2000plus. A fundamental reconstruction resulted in changes to the specifications of health care services which are covered by the catalogue. The agreement became effective in April 2005. According to the new catalogue for ambulatory surgery, the procedure codes of the OPS classification and their transitions to a specified EBM-figure or category are relevant for the reimbursement of ambulatory services provided by a hospital or in private practice. Moreover, the regulations to avoid unnecessary bed days of hospital care and the criteria of the German appropriateness evaluation protocol (G-AEP) have to be considered carefully in terms of inpatient admissions. In the following the revised catalogue for ambulatory surgery is reviewed in detail with special relevance to dermatology.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Münster. hensenp@mednet.uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hensen
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D003880:Dermatology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005858:Germany; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*