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 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 723.5
Torticollis unspecified On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.
The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 723.5 can be accessed here. - 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
723.5 also known as: 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
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