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2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 723.5

Torticollis unspecified

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  • A symptom, not a disease, of a twisted neck. In most instances, the head is tipped toward one side and the chin rotated toward the other. The involuntary muscle contractions in the neck region of patients with torticollis can be due to congenital defects, trauma, inflammation, tumors, and neurological or other factors.
  • 723.5 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 723.5 contains 8 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 723.* hierarchy

Alternate Terminology

  • Contracture of neck

723.5 Excludes


 Index entries containing 723.5:

Contraction, contracture, contracted
  • neck (see also Torticollis) 723.5
Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Grisel's 723.5
    Grisel's disease 723.5
      Nasopharyngeal - see also condition
      • torticollis 723.5
        Rheumatism, rheumatic (acute NEC) 729.0
        • torticollis 723.5
          Stiff
          • neck (see also Torticollis) 723.5
            Torticollis (intermittent) (spastic) 723.5