338.18 ACUTE POSTOP PAIN NEC

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 338.18

Short Description: Acute postop pain NEC

Long Description: Other acute postoperative pain

Code Classification:

Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
- Pain (338)
  - 338 Pain, not elsewhere classified
    - 338.18 Acute postop pain NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

Acute postoperative pain
Internal mammary artery syndrome
Limb stump pain
Persistent pain following procedure
Post-abdominoperineal resection pain
Postcordotomy pain
Post-episiotomy pain
Post-herniorraphy pain
Post-mastectomy pain
Postoperative pain
Postpartum episiotomy pain
Postprocedural finding of tenderness
Post-surgery back pain
Post-vasectomy pain

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 338.18 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
- acute 338.19
  - postoperative 338.18
    - post-thoracotomy 338.12
- postoperative 338.18
  - acute 338.18
  - chronic 338.28

Crosswalk Information

The code 338.18 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
338.18		G89.18	Other acute postprocedural pain

This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
338.0	Central pain syndrome
338.11	Acute pain due to trauma
338.12	Acute post-thoracotomy pain
338.19	Other acute pain
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)
338.4	Chronic pain syndrome

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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