M48.14
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], thoracic region
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M48.1
M48.10 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified M48.11 Ankylosing hyperostosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region M48.12 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervical region M48.13 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], cervicothoracic 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, sacral and sacrococcygeal region M48.19 Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], multiple sites in spine
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