ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48.4 Fatigue fracture of vertebra › M48.44

M48.44

Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • M48.44XA Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, initial encounter for fracture
  • M48.44XD Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • M48.44XG Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • M48.44XS Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region, sequela of fracture

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracic region

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M48.40 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, site unspecified Not billable
M48.41 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, occipito-atlanto-axial region Not billable
M48.42 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervical region Not billable
M48.43 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, cervicothoracic region Not billable
M48.45 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, thoracolumbar region Not billable
M48.46 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbar region Not billable
M48.47 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, lumbosacral region Not billable
M48.48 Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region Not billable