Vertebra, nontraumatic fracture NOS
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ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Vertebra, nontraumatic fracture NOS |
ICD10 code: | M48.5 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
Start Date: | |
Stop Date: | |
External ICD10 Documentation |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- This code is for a nontraumatic (pathologic) fracture of any vertebrae that is NOT due to neoplasm or osteoporosis.
- It includes, but is not limited to, vertebral compression fracture (also called a wedge fracture because of its appearance on the lateral X-ray of the chest) that, again, isn't due to neoplasm or osteoporosis.
Fractures
For an comprehensive overview, and additional information on coding fractures in ICD10, see Coding fractures in ICD10.
Fractures if and only if due to trauma or injury should be coded together with its Category:Mechanism.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
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Data Integrity Checks (automatic list)
App | Status | |
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Query check ICD10 mechanism vs trauma | CCMDB.accdb | implemented |
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