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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 847.0

Neck sprain

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  • Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
  • 847.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 847.0 contains 16 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 847.* hierarchy

847.0 also known as:

  • Anterior longitudinal (ligament), cervical
  • Atlanto-axial (joints)
  • Atlanto-occipital (joints)
  • Whiplash injury

847.0 excludes:

Index entries containing 847.0:

Injury 959.9
  • hyperextension (cervical) (vertebra) 847.0
  • whiplash (cervical spine) 847.0
Sprain, strain (joint) (ligament) (muscle) (tendon) 848.9
  • anterior longitudinal, cervical 847.0
  • atlanto-axial 847.0
  • atlanto-occipital 847.0
  • atlas 847.0
  • axis 847.0
  • cervical, cervicodorsal, cervicothoracic 847.0
  • neck 847.0
  • occiput from atlas 847.0
  • spine 847.9
    • cervical 847.0
  • vertebrae (see also Sprain, spine) 847.9
    • cervical, cervicodorsal, cervicothoracic 847.0
Syndrome - see also Disease
  • cervical (root) (spine) NEC 723.8
    • traumatic (acute) NEC 847.0
  • whiplash 847.0
Torticollis (intermittent) (spastic) 723.5
  • traumatic, current NEC 847.0
Whiplash injury or syndrome 847.0