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 compression fracture of the spine occurs when your vertebrae, or bones of the spine, break. The most common cause of a vertebral compression fracture is osteoporosis of the spine. My pain is located in between my T9 to L1 vertebrae. Most often people have L1 compression fractures and T12 compression fractures.