Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	816
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	515
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	190
Dorsalgia - Cervicalgia (M54.2)	130
Dorsalgia - Pain in thoracic spine (M54.6)	66
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicocranial syndrome (M53.0)	64
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.0)	49
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	44
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	40
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.51)	26

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of muscles, ligaments, or the skeletal system by the external application of shock waves (8-115.x)	3.278
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.x)	2.324
(1-799.0)	1.472
Interdisciplinary management the musculoskeletal system without surgery (8-977)	927
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.10)	786
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	474
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	407
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.00)	278
Treatment of muscles, ligaments, or the skeletal system by the external application of shock waves (8-115.0)	252
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	156

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Quality

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External quality assurance according to state law
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Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
36	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*
30	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
8	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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