ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48.5 Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere... › M48.54
M48.54
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, 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.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
- M48.54XA Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, initial encounter for fracture
- M48.54XD Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M48.54XG Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M48.54XS Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, 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.
- Fracture, traumatic > collapsed
- Wedge-shaped or wedging vertebra
- Fracture, pathological > compression
- Compression > fracture > nontraumatic NOS
- Fracture, traumatic > vertebra, vertebral > metastatic
- Collapse > vertebra > thoracic region
- Collapse > vertebra > in > specified disease NEC > thoracic region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M48.50 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified | Not billable |
| M48.51 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region | Not billable |
| M48.52 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region | Not billable |
| M48.53 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region | Not billable |
| M48.55 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region | Not billable |
| M48.56 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region | Not billable |
| M48.57 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region | Not billable |
| M48.58 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region | Not billable |