Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	113
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified - Pain in unspecified joint (M25.50)	100
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	90
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	62
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.55)	13
Cervical disc disorders (M50.3)	10
Dorsalgia - Cervicalgia (M54.2)	8
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.56)	6
Postprocedural musculoskeletal disorders not elsewhere classified - Postlaminectomy syndrome not elsewhere classified (M96.1)	6
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.51)	5

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.10)	413
Patient education (9-500.0)	393
(9-984.7)	73
(9-984.8)	41
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	40
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	34
(9-984.6)	21
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.00)	16
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.x)	15
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	10

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Department key: 1523

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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
13	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
6	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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