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Medical Coding

Category - ICD-10-CM Volumes 1 and 2

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A 2-month-old infant is diagnosed with torticollis due to not having enough tummy time and always preferring to lay on one side of her head. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for this patient?
  1. M43.2
  2. M43.5
  3. M43.6
  4. M43.8
Explanation
Answer: C - M43.6 is the correct code for torticollis. This code excludes certain types of torticollis, but the patient described above doesn’t fit any of the exclusion criteria listed.
Code M43.2 is incorrect because this code is for fusion of the spine. Code M43.5 is incorrect because this is the code for recurrent vertebral dislocation and M43.8 is incorrect because this is the code for other specified deforming dorsopathies.
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