M48.5
ICD-10Non-billable categoryCollapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
M48.5 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Collapsed vertebra NOS
- Compression fracture of vertebra NOS
- Wedging of vertebra NOS
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- 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
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M48.5:
Permitted 7th characters
| 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 |
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 9 codes beneath M48.5. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in M48
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- M48
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.