M48.4 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra
The ICD 10 Code for
Fatigue fracture of vertebra is listed as
M48.4. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
M48.4
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| Description: |
Fatigue fracture of vertebra
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Stress fracture of vertebra
- Excludes1: pathological fracture NOS (M84.4-)
- pathological fracture of vertebra due to neoplasm (M84.58)
- pathological fracture of vertebra due to other diagnosis (M84.68)
- pathological fracture of vertebra due to osteoporosis (M80.-)
- traumatic fracture of vertebrae (S12.0-S12.3-, S22.0-, S32.0-)
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M48.4:
- A - initial encounter for fracture
- D - subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- G - subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S - sequela of fracture
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| Chapter |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99) |
| Block |
Spondylopathies (M45-M49) |
| Parent |
M48 - Other spondylopathies |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of M48.4: |
|---|
| M48.40 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified |
| M48.41 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region |
| M48.42 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region |
| M48.43 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region |
| M48.44 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region |
| M48.45 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region |
| M48.46 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region |
| M48.47 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region |
| M48.48 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of M48.4: |
|---|
| M48.0 - Spinal stenosis |
| M48.1 - Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier] |
| M48.2 - Kissing spine |
| M48.3 - Traumatic spondylopathy |
| M48.5 - Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified |
| M48.8 - Other specified spondylopathies |
| M48.9 - Spondylopathy, unspecified |
