Fatigue fracture of vertebra

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

M48.40 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified (also a header)
M48.41 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region (also a header)
M48.42 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region (also a header)
M48.43 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region (also a header)
M48.44 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region (also a header)
M48.45 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region (also a header)
M48.46 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region (also a header)
M48.47 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region (also a header)
M48.48 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Fatigue fracture of vertebra

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M48.0	Spinal stenosis	Not billable
M48.1	Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]	Not billable
M48.2	Kissing spine	Not billable
M48.3	Traumatic spondylopathy	Not billable
M48.5	Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
M48.8	Other specified spondylopathies	Not billable
M48.9	Spondylopathy, unspecified	Valid