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.
Running is the most common cause of fatigue fractures in the tibia. These fractures tend to occur in the middle to distal tibial diaphysis in long-distance runners, although more proximal involvement is seen in children and short-distance runners. Smooth periosteal and endosteal cortical thickening may be seen.tress fracture occurs at all ages, and there is no sex predilection. The location is diaphyseal in the tibia, and the epicenter is eccentric. The appearance consists of smooth cortical thickening, sometimes associated with lucent foci.