Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	75
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	58
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbosacral region (M54.17)	44
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	39
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	35
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	34
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	18
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	18
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy cervical region (M54.12)	9
Fracture of ribs sternum and thoracic spine (S22.06)	8

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	136
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	101
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	90
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	85
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	76
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	64
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	48
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	46
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.20)	45
(9-984.7)	36

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External quality assurance according to state law
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Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
25	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*
25	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
25	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”

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