Spinal cord compression can often be helped with medicines, physical therapy, or other treatments. Symptoms such as pain, numbness, or weakness in the arms, hands, legs, or feet can come on gradually or more suddenly, depending on the cause. Other common symptoms of compression fracture include pain when twisting or bending, loss of height, and a hunched forward position called kyphosis. Spinal cord compression is caused by a condition that puts pressure on your spinal cord. Though rare, if the collapsed vertebra is compressing one or more nerves, pain may radiate down the path of the nerve, such as into the arm or leg. The area around the fracture may be sensitive to touch. The first sign is often severe acute back pain that feels better with rest. Symptoms of a spinal compression fracture can vary widely. Vertebral compression fractures can occur in one or more vertebrae.Ĭommonly, the fracture results in a wedged shape vertebral body, as the bone in the front of the spine column collapses and loses height, but leaves the back of the bone unchanged. They rarely occur above the T7 level of the spine. While compression fractures can occur anywhere in the spine, they typically occur in the thoracic region, which includes the T1 through T12 vertebrae, or in the lumbar spine, the L1 through L5 vertebrae. The most common type of vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a wedge. The fracture occurs when the bone has deteriorated to the point that it can no longer support the spinal column in daily activities. Compression or flexion fractures most often occur in the thoracic and lumbar spine.
Most compression fractures occur in vertebrae that have been weakened by osteoporosis or other diseases that weaken bone, such as cancer. Traumatic fracture coding requires additional detail as to the type of fracture, anatomic region of the bone involved, stability, and traumatic spondylolisthesis. A compression fracture is defined as a fracture that occurs because of compression of the bone in the spine. A compression fracture is a type of broken bone that can cause your vertebrae to collapse, making them shorter. S22.0- for thoracic vertebral fractures S32.0-for lumbar vertebral fractures S32.1- for sacral fractures with specific reference to zone 1, zone 2 and zone 3.
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