Illness	Number of cases
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	144
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	124
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	117
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	55
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	35
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	23
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	21
Postprocedural musculoskeletal disorders not elsewhere classified - Postlaminectomy syndrome not elsewhere classified (M96.1)	19
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbosacral region (M54.17)	18
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	18

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(5-86a.20)	268
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	129
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	118
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	111
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	103
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	88
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	86
Procedures on the spine for the treatment of pain, with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-83a.2)	86
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	66
(9-984.7)	66

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

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25	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*
24	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
24	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

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