Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	426
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	84
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	77
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	46
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	44
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.88)	23
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	18
Disorders of continuity of bone (M84.48)	15
Dorsalgia - Cervicalgia (M54.2)	14
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	10

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	264
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	210
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	146
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	145
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	136
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	130
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.10)	115
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	113
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	111
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	111

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Department key

Department key: 3755

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

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
108	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*
108	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
50	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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General information

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsstart in 2024