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ICD-10-CM Code for Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, initial encounter for fracture M48.48XA

ICD-10 code M48.48XA for Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, initial encounter for fracture is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Dorsopathies .

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Fatigue fracture of vertebra, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, initial encounter for fracture

M48.4

Excludes1: pathological fracture NOS (M84.4-)
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.-)
traumatic fracture of vertebrae (S12.0-S12.3-, S22.0-, S32.0-)

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