eTable 2. Overview of billed-for services not subject to an application process.
EBM No. | Description | Share of all services not subject to an application process (n = 525 271) | Share of patients receiving a service (n = 285 568) |
35100 | Differential diagnostic investigation of psychosomatic disease states | 27.3% | 29.9% |
35110 | Verbal intervention in psychosomatic disease states | 51.8% | 34.9% |
35111 | Exercise interventions, individual therapy | 0.5% | 0.3% |
35112 | Exercise interventions, group therapy | 0.2% | 0.0% |
35120 | Hypnosis | 0.4% | 0.2% |
35130 | Report to the assessor (STT 1 or 2) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
35131 | Report to the assessor (LTT) | 0.4% | 0.8% |
35140 | Biographical history of the patient | 2.1% | 3.7% |
35141 | In-depth exploration | 1.6% | 2.4% |
35142 | Surcharge for assessing neurological and psychiatric findings | 0.2% | 0.4% |
35150 | Trial session | 4.8% | 3.6% |
35151 | Psychotherapeutic consultation hours | 7.4% | 5.9% |
35152 | Acute psychotherapeutic treatment | 3.1% | 0.9% |
A total of 525 271 psychotherapeutic services not subject to an application process were billed for according to the EBM in the study population in 2018.
These primarily comprised the differential diagnostic investigation of psychosomatic disease states and verbal intervention in psychosomatic disease states. The percentage of patients receiving the respective service is also shown.
EBM, German Uniform Evaluation Standard (Einheitlicher Bewertungsmaßstab); STT, short-term therapy; LTT, long-term therapy