Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

• arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
• certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
• certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
• compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
• complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
• congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
• endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
• injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
• neoplasms (C00-D49)
• symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

• Collapsed vertebra NOS
• Compression fracture of vertebra NOS
• Wedging of vertebra NOS

• current injury - see Injury of spine, by body region
• fatigue fracture of vertebra (M48.4)
• pathological fracture of vertebra due to neoplasm (M84.58)
• pathological fracture of vertebra due to other diagnosis (M84.68)
• pathological fracture of vertebra due to osteoporosis (M80.-)
• pathological fracture NOS (M84.4-)
• stress fracture of vertebra (M48.4-)
• traumatic fracture of vertebra (S12.-, S22.-, S32.-)

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M48.5: