Leg cramps are common. The most common causes are benign leg cramps and exercise-associated cramping. Stretching and not consuming caffeine can help prevent muscle cramps. Drug therapy is not usually recommended to prevent muscle cramps.
Fatigue fracture of vertebra. M48.4 is not a billable or specific ICD-10-CM code as there are codes underneath it that describe this diagnosis with a greater level of detail. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M48.4. Other international versions of ICD-10 M48.4 may differ.
Fracture of the thoracic spine is a break of one or more of the 12 bones of the thoracic spine (vertebrae T1 through T12) in the upper back. The thoracic spine is the longest section of the spine, with smaller vertebrae, a smaller spinal canal, and a less developed vascular system than the lumbar region.