ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48 Other spondylopathies › M48.5
M48.5
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:
- M48.50 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified (also a header)
- M48.51 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region (also a header)
- M48.52 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region (also a header)
- M48.53 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region (also a header)
- M48.54 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region (also a header)
- M48.55 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region (also a header)
- M48.56 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region (also a header)
- M48.57 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region (also a header)
- M48.58 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, 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 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
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 |
| M48.4 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra | Not billable |
| M48.8 | Other specified spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M48.9 | Spondylopathy, unspecified | Valid |