ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M45-M49 › M48 Other spondylopathies › M48.1
M48.1
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:
- M48.10 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified
- M48.11 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], occipito-atlanto-axial region
- M48.12 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervical region
- M48.13 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervicothoracic region
- M48.14 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracic region
- M48.15 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracolumbar region
- M48.16 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbar region
- M48.17 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbosacral region
- M48.18 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], sacral and sacrococcygeal region
- M48.19 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spine
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M48.0 | Spinal stenosis | Not billable |
| M48.2 | Kissing spine | Not billable |
| M48.3 | Traumatic spondylopathy | Not billable |
| M48.4 | Fatigue fracture of vertebra | Not billable |
| M48.5 | Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M48.8 | Other specified spondylopathies | Not billable |
| M48.9 | Spondylopathy, unspecified | Valid |