Germany
DE
Healthcare System
Mandatory health insurance for all residents. Dual-track system with public statutory insurance and private insurance option for higher earners.
- System Type
- Universal multi-payer (Bismarck model)
- Regulatory Body
- BfArM (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte)
- Data Protection
- GDPR (EU) + BDSG (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz)
- Currency
- EUR
- Emergency Number
- 112
- Languages
- de
Coding Systems
diagnosis
ICD-10-GM
ICD-10 German Modification. Updated annually by BfArM (DIMDI).
dental
FDI (ISO 3950)
Federation Dentaire Internationale two-digit notation
procedures
OPS
Operationen- und Prozedurenschlüssel (Operations and Procedures Key)
dental Procedures
BEMA/GOZ
BEMA (Bewertungsmaßstab Zahnärztlicher Leistungen) for GKV; GOZ (Gebührenordnung für Zahnärzte) for PKV
drugs
PZN
Pharmazentralnummer (Pharmaceutical Central Number)
Translation Corridors
TR→DE (Turkish community medical records for GKV/PKV) IN→DE (Indian diaspora discharge summaries) PL→DE (Polish seasonal workers for AOK/BKK GKV) AE/SA→DE (Gulf-based Germans returning) DE→US (German expats on US employer insurance) DE→CH (German frontier workers in Switzerland)
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