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.
Compression fractures (also termed wedge fractures) are the most common type of thoracic spine fracture. They occur when the spine is bent forward (forward flexion) or sideways (lateral flexion) at the moment of trauma, causing the front (anterior) or side (lateral) region of the vertebra, respectively, to be compressed.