stiff neck

Description

A stiff neck with flexion indicates meningeal irritation from an infectious process such as meningitis. "Nuchal rigidity may take time to develop." [Merck Manual, p. 1917] Meningismus;

Category

Neurological

ICD-9 Code

781.6

ICD-10 Code

R29.1

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Diseases

Diseases associated with this finding or symptom:

• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• African trypanosomiasis
• American trypanosomiasis
• Anthrax
• Capnocytophaga infection
• Cat-scratch disease
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
• Ehrlichiosis
• Hendra and Nipah viral diseases
• Herpes B virus encephalomyelitis
• Lassa fever
• Leptospirosis
• Lyme disease
• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
• Meningococcal infection
• Naegleriasis
• Poliomyelitis
• Rabies
• Relapsing fever
• Rift valley fever
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Streptococcal suis infection
• Viral encephalitides, mosquito-borne
• Viral encephalitides, tick-borne
• West Nile virus infection