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Wiki Torticollis & Decreased Range of Motion

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Start date Mar 17, 2015

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amandafisher

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Mar 17, 2015

If I have a patient that has torticollis and decreased neck flexion & rotation. Would I code both of these as separate diagnoses or is the decreased neck flexion & rotation covered under the 723.5 ICD-9 code?

Torticollis dx: 723.5
Decreased neck flexion & rotation dx: 723.8

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