Chapter 13 - Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)»Spondylopathies (M45-M49)»Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier] (M48.1)
M48.1
Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier]
Sub-codes (10)
- 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
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
A disease of elderly men characterized by large osteophytes that bridge vertebrae and ossification of ligaments and tendon insertions.