Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	261
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	238
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy cervical region (M54.12)	87
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	14
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	11
Mononeuropathies of lower limb (G57.8)	6
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	6
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy thoracic region (M54.14)	5
Fibromyalgia (M79.70)	4
Somatoform disorders (F45.40)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.11)	414
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	238
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.12)	237
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.0x)	181
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.11)	144
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	101
(9-984.7)	28
(9-984.6)	21
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.02)	11
(9-984.8)	9

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Department key: 3753

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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
11	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*
11	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
11	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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