Instruction Source: M48.53XA
Collapsed vertebra, NEC, cervicothoracic region, init
Instruction Source: M48.53
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region
Instruction Source: M48.5
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- current injury - see Injury of spine, by body region
- fatigue fracture of vertebra (M48.4)
- pathological fracture NOS (M84.4-)
- pathological fracture of vertebra due to neoplasm (M84.58)
- pathological fracture of vertebra due to osteoporosis (M80.-)
- pathological fracture of vertebra due to other diagnosis (M84.68)
- stress fracture of vertebra (M48.4-)
- traumatic fracture of vertebra (S12.-, S22.-, S32.-)
Instruction Source: M48
Other spondylopathies
Instruction Source: M45-M49
Spondylopathies (M45-M49)
Instruction Source: M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Clinical Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition