Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified

**Inclusion terms:** - Collapsed vertebra NOS - Compression fracture of vertebra NOS - Wedging of vertebra NOS

**Excludes1:** - 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.-)

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

**7th character:** - 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