FY2017
Effective from
- Code-level rules changed
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2017A — initial encounter for fracture
D — subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G — subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S — sequela of fracture
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2017
Effective from
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2017| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | Code-level rules changed |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M48.5:
A — initial encounter for fracture
D — subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G — subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S — sequela of fracture
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
M48.50Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecifiedCategory · further specificity requiredM48.51Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial regionCategory · further specificity requiredM48.52Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical regionCategory · further specificity requiredM48.53Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic regionCategory · further specificity requiredM48.54Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic regionCategory · further specificity requiredM48.55Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar regionCategory · further specificity requiredM48.56Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar regionCategory · further specificity requiredM48.57Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral regionCategory · further specificity requiredM48.58Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal regionCategory · further specificity requiredOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| M48.0 | Spinal stenosis | Category · further specificity required |
| M48.1 | Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier] | Category · further specificity required |
| M48.2 | Kissing spine | Category · further specificity required |
| M48.3 | Traumatic spondylopathy | Category · further specificity required |
| M48.4 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra | Category · further specificity required |
| M48.8 | Other specified spondylopathies | Category · further specificity required |
| M48.9 | Spondylopathy, unspecified | Billable / specific |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 1 · collapsed vertebra NOS (M48.5)
Excludes 1 · wedging of vertebra NOS (M48.5)
Excludes 1 · collapsed vertebra NEC (M48.5)