M48.1
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
M48.1 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are 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 and 6 more. Its coding notes include 10 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
This code
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis [DISH]
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
More specific codes under M48.1 10
- M48.10Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecifiedBillable
- M48.11Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], occipito-atlanto-axial regionBillable
- M48.12Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervical regionBillable
- M48.13Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervicothoracic regionBillable
- M48.14Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracic regionBillable
- M48.15Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracolumbar regionBillable
- M48.16Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbar regionBillable
- M48.17Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbosacral regionBillable
- M48.18Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], sacral and sacrococcygeal regionBillable
- M48.19Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spineBillable