Pain ICD 9 Codes (338)

PAIN (ICD 9 CODES: 338)

338       Pain, not elsewhere classified

Use additional code to identify:

pain associated with psychological factors (307.89)

Excludes:    generalized pain (780.96)

headache syndromes (339.00-339.89)

localized pain, unspecified type - code to pain by site

migraines (346.0-346.9)

pain disorder exclusively attributed to psychological factors (307.80)

vulvar vestibulitis (625.71)

vulvodynia (625.70-625.79)

338.0    Central pain syndrome

Déjérine-Roussy syndrome

Myelopathic pain syndrome

Thalamic pain syndrome (hyperesthetic)

338.1    Acute pain

338.11  Acute pain due to trauma

338.12  Acute post-thoracotomy pain

Post-thoracotomy pain NOS

338.18  Other acute postoperative pain

Postoperative pain NOS

338.19  Other acute pain

Excludes: neoplasm related acute pain (338.3)

338.2    Chronic pain

Excludes: causalgia (355.9)

lower limb (355.71)

upper limb (354.4)

chronic pain syndrome (338.4)

myofascial pain syndrome (729.1)

neoplasm related chronic pain (338.3)

reflex sympathetic dystrophy (337.20-337.29)

338.21  Chronic pain due to trauma

338.22  Chronic post-thoracotomy pain

338.28  Other chronic postoperative pain

338.29  Other chronic pain

338.3    Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic)

Cancer associated pain

Pain due to malignancy (primary) (secondary)

Tumor associated pain

338.4    Chronic pain syndrome

Chronic pain associated with significant psychosocial dysfunction