Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	396
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	385
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	81
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	69
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	62
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.5)	46
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	36
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	26
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	25
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	22

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	1.256
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	691
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	401
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	385
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	335
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	133
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	128
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	113
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	113
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	110

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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
14	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*
13	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
11	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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