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Tic disorders are defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) based on type and duration of tics, as follows:

• Transient tic disorder consists of multiple motor and/or phonic tics with duration of less than 12 months.
• Chronic tic disorder is either single or multiple motor or phonic tics, but not both, which are present for more than a year.
• Tourette's disorder is diagnosed when both motor and phonic tics are present for more than a year.
• Tic Disorder NOS is diagnosed when tics are present, but do not meet the criteria for any specific tic disorder.

DSM-IV-TR diagnosis codes for the tic disorders are:

• 307.20 Tic Disorder NOS (Not Otherwise Specified)
• 307.21 Transient Tic Disorder
• 307.22 Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder
• 307.23 Tourette's Disorder

ICD10 diagnosis codes are:

• F95.0 Transient tic disorder
• F95.1 Chronic motor or vocal tic disorder
• F95.2 Combined vocal and multiple motor tic disorder
• F95.8 Other tic disorders
• F95.9 Tic disorder, unspecified

Tourette syndrome is the more severe expression of a spectrum of tic disorders, which are thought to be due to the same genetic vulnerability. Nevertheless, most cases of Tourette syndrome are not severe. Although a good body of investigative work indicates genetic linkage of the various tic disorders, further study is needed to confirm the relationship. (Swerdlow, 2005 and Black)

References

• Black, Kevin J. Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders.
• DSM-IV-TR codes
• Swerdlow, NR. Tourette Syndrome: Current Controversies and the Battlefield Landscape. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2005, 5:329-331. PMID 16131414
• WHO ICD10 codes