M48.4 is the ICD-10 code for Fatigue fracture of vertebra. It is a four-character subcategory of M48 (Other spondylopathies), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block M45–M49 (Spondylopathies) in Chapter XIII, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XIII · M00–M99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What M48.4 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Stress fracture of vertebra
M48.4 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
M48.4Utmattningsfraktur i kota
- M48.4AStressfraktur i halskota
- M48.4JStressfraktur i torakalkota
- M48.4KStressfraktur i ländkota
- M48.4XStressfraktur i kota med ospecificerad lokalisation
M48.4Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel
- M48.40Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i flere lokalisasjoner i ryggsøylen
- M48.41Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i oksipito-atlanto-aksialregionen
- M48.42Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i cervikalregionen
- M48.43Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i cervikotorakalregionen
- M48.44Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i torakalregionen
- M48.45Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i torakolumbalregionen
- M48.46Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i lumbalregionen
- M48.47Tretthetsbrudd i ryggvirvel i lumbosakralregionen
- and 2 more national subcodes
DM484Spontanfraktur af ryghvirvel
M48.4Nikaman rasitusmurtuma
M48.4Ermüdungsbruch eines Wirbels
M48.4Fracture vertébrale de fatigue
M48.4vermoeidheidsfractuur van wervel
Listed through more specific codes:
- M48.40XAFatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, initial encounter for fracture
- M48.40XDFatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M48.40XGFatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M48.40XSFatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified, sequela of fracture
- M48.41XAFatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, initial encounter for fracture
- M48.41XDFatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M48.41XGFatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M48.41XSFatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region, sequela of fracture
- and 28 more national subcodes
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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