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M48.10

Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M48.11 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], occipito-atlanto-axial region Valid
M48.12 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervical region Valid
M48.13 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervicothoracic region Valid
M48.14 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracic region Valid
M48.15 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracolumbar region Valid
M48.16 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbar region Valid
M48.17 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbosacral region Valid
M48.18 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], sacral and sacrococcygeal region Valid
M48.19 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spine Valid