Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	112
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	31
Cervical disc disorders (M50.2)	28
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	23
Fracture of ribs sternum and thoracic spine (S22.06)	19
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	18
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.1)	18
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	17
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.01)	17
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified (M53.26)	15

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	169
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	152
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.9)	131
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.02)	121
Reconstructive operations on the spinal cord or spinal meninges (5-036.6)	105
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	105
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	98
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	93
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	91
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	75

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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.	Explanation
CQ31

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
34	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*
34	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
34	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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