Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	197
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	166
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	53
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	32
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	31
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	30
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	23
Fracture of ribs sternum and thoracic spine (S22.06)	20
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.02)	14
Spread metastasis of cancer in otherwise unspecified areas of the body (C79.5)	13

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	697
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	397
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	380
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal canal with contrast medium (3-841)	234
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	192
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.9)	159
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord with contrast medium (3-823)	142
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	133
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	132
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	117

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Department key

Department key: 2300

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

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

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
52	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*
43	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
36	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities