Docdemic

ICD-10 diagnosis code

M49.5 Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere

This page in Swedish

M49.5 is the ICD-10 code for Collapsed vertebra in diseases classified elsewhere. It is a four-character subcategory of M49 (Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere), 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 M49.5 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Metastatic fracture of vertebra C79.5

M49.5 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

M49.5Kotkompression vid sjukdomar som klassificeras på annan plats

NorwayICD-10-NO

M49.5Sammenfalt ryggvirvel ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted

  • M49.50Sammenfalt ryggvirvel ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted i flere lokalisasjoner i ryggsøylen
  • M49.51Sammenfalt ryggvirvel i oksipito-atlanto-aksialregionen ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted
  • M49.52Sammenfalt ryggvirvel i cervikalregionen ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted
  • M49.53Sammenfalt ryggvirvel i cervikotorakalregionen ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted
  • M49.54Sammenfalt ryggvirvel ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted i torakalregionen
  • M49.55Sammenfalt ryggvirvel i torakolumbalregionen ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted
  • M49.56Sammenfalt ryggvirvel i lumbalregionen ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted
  • M49.57Sammenfalt ryggvirvel i lumbosakralregionen ved sykdom klassifisert annet sted
  • and 2 more national subcodes
DenmarkICD-10-DK

DM495Sammenfald af ryghvirvel ved sygdom klassificeret andetsteds

GermanyICD-10-GM

M49.5Wirbelkörperkompression bei anderenorts klassifizierten Krankheiten

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.

Look up another code

Stop looking codes up by hand

Docdemic listens to the consultation, writes the note and suggests the diagnosis and procedure codes that fit it, each one checked against your country’s official code list.

Try Docdemic free