Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	92
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	80
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	55
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	35
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine lumbar region (M42.16)	29
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.88)	20
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	19
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	10
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.01)	10
Spondylosis unspecified (M47.96)	9

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	228
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.x)	211
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	185
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	150
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	139
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	136
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	67
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.9)	67
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.20)	66
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	64

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

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34	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*
34	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
34	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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