Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, initial encounter for fracture

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, initial encounter for fracture

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.

Fracture, traumatic > collapsed
Wedge-shaped or wedging vertebra
Fracture, pathological > compression
Compression > fracture > nontraumatic NOS
Fracture, traumatic > vertebra, vertebral > metastatic
Collapse > vertebra
Fracture, pathological > compression
Collapse > vertebra > in > specified disease NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M48.50XD	Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing	Valid
M48.50XG	Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing	Valid
M48.50XS	Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified, sequela of fracture	Valid