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.
A pars defect of the lumbar spine involves a part of a vertebra called the pars interarticularis. A defect in the pars is a break in this portion of bone. This break leads to a separation of the upper, front portion of the vertebra from its lower, back portion.