[Hip impingement surgery: reimbursement in the German DRG system]

The financial benefit that orthopaedic surgery provides affects the profitableness for both hospitals and centres for outpatient care. Due to on-going evaluation, surgical techniques have been improved over time. Thus, standardized interventions have resulted in a reduction of remuneration for institutions caring for both outpatients and inpatients, no matter whether private or state insurance was applied. This article depicts current payments for arthroscopic hip intervention. It is also an issue of which surgeons caring for inpatients and outpatients should be aware. The following coding should not be regarded as a recommendation, but simply as a guide.