M43.6

Torticollis

Billable / specific

M43.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

congenital (sternomastoid) torticollis (Q68.0)
current injury - see Injury, of spine, by body region
ocular torticollis (R29.891)
psychogenic torticollis (F45.8)
spasmodic torticollis (G24.3)
torticollis due to birth injury (P15.2)
congenital spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis (Q76.2) (from M43)
hemivertebra (Q76.3-Q76.4) (from M43)
Klippel-Feil syndrome (Q76.1) (from M43)
lumbarization and sacralization (Q76.4) (from M43)
platyspondylisis (Q76.4) (from M43)
spina bifida occulta (Q76.0) (from M43)
spinal curvature in osteoporosis (M80.-) (from M43)
spinal curvature in Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans] (M88.-) (from M43)

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M43)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M43)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M43)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M43)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M43)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M43)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M43)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M43)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M43)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M43)