721.6 - Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis
The ICD 9 Code for Ankylosing vertebral hyperostosis is listed as 721.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 721.6 |
| Long Description: | Ankylosing vertebral hyperostosis |
| Short Description: | Ankyl vert hyperostosis |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue |
| Block: | Dorsopathies (720-724) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | M48.10 - Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 721.6: | |
| 721.0 - Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy | |
| 721.1 - Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy | |
| 721.2 - Thoracic spondylosis without myelopathy | |
| 721.3 - Lumbosacral spondylosis without myelopathy | |
| 721.5 - Kissing spine | |
| 721.7 - Traumatic spondylopathy | |
| 721.8 - Other allied disorders of spine | |