M48.51
Billable codeCollapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region
The ICD-10 code for collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region is M48.51.
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- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- M48.50Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, site unspecified
- M48.52Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region
- M48.53Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region
- M48.54Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region
- M48.55Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region
- M48.56Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region
- M48.57Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region
- M48.58Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M48.51Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, occipito-atlanto-axial region