M48.5
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
Code Hierarchy
7th Character Required
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M48.5:
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
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Collapsed vertebra NOS
- Compression fracture of vertebra NOS
- Wedging of vertebra NOS
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with M48.5
- current injury - see Injury of spine, by body region
- M48.4 - fatigue fracture of vertebra (M48.4)
- M84.58 - pathological fracture of vertebra due to neoplasm (M84.58)
- M84.68 - pathological fracture of vertebra due to other diagnosis (M84.68)
- pathological fracture of vertebra due to osteoporosis (M80.-)
- pathological fracture NOS (M84.4-)
- stress fracture of vertebra (M48.4-)
- traumatic fracture of vertebra (S12.-, S22.-, S32.-)
Specific Codes (9)
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
