Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	312
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbosacral region (M47.27)	179
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	174
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	165
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	87
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	55
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy sacral and sacrococcygeal region (M47.28)	54
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	50
Other inflammatory spondylopathies - Spinal enthesopathy sacral and sacrococcygeal region (M46.08)	30
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	23

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	709
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	410
Surgical incision into diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-830.2)	389
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	346
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	268
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.8)	253
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.xa)	250
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.4)	249
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	192
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	185

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

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72	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*
64	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
64	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

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