Illness	Number of cases
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	79
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	17
Spondylosis (M47.86)	12
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	9
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	7
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	6
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	4
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	4
Mononeuropathies of lower limb (G57.8)	not specified
Disorders of autonomic nervous system - Complex regional pain syndrome I of other specified site (G90.59)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.02)	107
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.0x)	74
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.10)	53
Treatment with electrical currents, usually directly through the skin (8-650)	43
Interdisciplinary management the musculoskeletal system without surgery (8-977)	36
(9-984.7)	25
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	14
Treatment by specific positioning of the patient in bed, e.g. positioning in a sling table or special bed (8-390.x)	12
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	11
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.01)	11

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Department key

Department key: 3700

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
24	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
23	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
21	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

Accessibility

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General information

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Anästhesietechnische Assistenten (ATA): Die Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der KBS Mönchengladbach (Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe) angeboten.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	60 Ausbildungsplätze in Kooperation mit der AGP (Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Operationstechnische Assistenten (OTA). Die Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der KBS Mönchengladbach (Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe) angeboten.