Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 723.5
Torticollis, unspecified
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 723.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 723.5 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 723.5 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M43.6 Torticollis
Approximate Synonyms
  • Neck stiffness
  • Sandifer syndrome
  • Stiff neck
  • Stiffness of neck
  • Torticollis
Clinical Information
  • 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
  • Contracted state of the cervical muscles, producing twisting of the neck and an unnatural position of the head
723.5 Excludes
Applies To
  • Contracture of neck
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 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
    • due to birth injury 767.8
    • psychogenic 306.0
      • specified as conversion reaction 300.11
    • rheumatic 723.5
    • traumatic, current NEC 847.0
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