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ICD-10 M48.1 - Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]
Chapter 13 Section M45-M49

M48.1

ICD-10 Not billable

Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]

Inclusion term: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis [DISH]
From Chapter 13:
  • 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)
From Chapter 13:
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
M48.1 is a "category code," which means it's non-billable. Billable codes require more specificity. Use the list below to navigate to codes that are more specific:
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M48.10
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified
Billable
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M48.11
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], occipito-atlanto-axial region
Billable
10
M48.12
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervical region
Billable
10
M48.13
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervicothoracic region
Billable
10
M48.14
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracic region
Billable
10
M48.15
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracolumbar region
Billable
10
M48.16
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbar region
Billable
10
M48.17
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], lumbosacral region
Billable
10
M48.18
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], sacral and sacrococcygeal region
Billable
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M48.19
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spine
Billable
      
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