M48 - Other spondylopathies
M48.4 - Fatigue fracture of vertebra
InclusionTerm:
-Stress fracture of vertebra
Excludes 1:
-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-)
sevenChrNote:
-The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategoryM48.4:
sevenChrDef:
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
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