Fatigue fracture of vertebra
Requires 7th character
M48.4 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Stress fracture of vertebra
Includes (from M48)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M48)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M48)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M48)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M48)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M48)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M48)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M48)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M48)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M48)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M48)
7th character
This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Also known as
- Stress fracture of vertebra
Parent code
- M48Other spondylopathiesHeader
More specific codes M48.4
- M48.40Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecifiedNeeds 7th char
- M48.41Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial regionNeeds 7th char
- M48.42Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical regionNeeds 7th char
- M48.43Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic regionNeeds 7th char
- M48.44Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic regionNeeds 7th char
- M48.45Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar regionNeeds 7th char
- M48.46Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar regionNeeds 7th char
- M48.47Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral regionNeeds 7th char
- M48.48Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionNeeds 7th char