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.
While some fractures are very serious injuries that require emergency treatment, other fractures can be the result of bones weakened by osteoporosis. Most spinal fractures occur in the thoracic (midback) and lumbar spine (lower back) or at the connection of the two (thoracolumbar junction). Treatment depends on the severity of the fracture and whether the patient has other associated injuries.