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ICD-10-CM M48.4 — Fatigue fracture of vertebra | Codelle

ICD-10-CM/M48/M48.4

M48.4

ICD-10-CM

Fatigue fracture of vertebra

Clinical Notes

Inclusion Terms

Stress fracture of vertebra

Excludes 1 — Not coded here

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-)

Code Hierarchy

▲M48Other spondylopathies

M48.4(current)

Subcodes (9)

M48.40Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified

M48.41Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region

M48.42Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region

M48.43Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region

M48.44Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region

M48.45Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region

M48.46Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region

M48.47Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region

M48.48Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacr/sacrocygl region

Same Category

M48Other spondylopathies M48.0Spinal stenosis M48.00Spinal stenosis, site unspecified M48.01Spinal stenosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region M48.02

Spinal stenosis, cervical region

M48.03Spinal stenosis, cervicothoracic region

M48.04Spinal stenosis, thoracic region

M48.05Spinal stenosis, thoracolumbar region

M48.06Spinal stenosis, lumbar region

M48.061Spinal stenosis, lumbar region without neurogenic claud

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