Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	165
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	145
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	79
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	39
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.20)	27
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	24
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	16
Other inflammatory spondylopathies - Discitis unspecified lumbar region (M46.46)	15
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	13
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.02)	12

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	496
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	397
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	315
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal canal with contrast medium (3-841)	199
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	166
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	128
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.9)	107
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	103
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord with contrast medium (3-823)	102
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	98

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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

Further information

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
56	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*
40	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
29	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
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities