Diagnosis Code: R52

Short Description: Pain, unspecified

Long Description: Pain, unspecified

The code R52 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
    • Pain, unspecified (R52)
      • R52 Pain, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Able to cope
• Able to cope with pain
• Aching pain
• Acute pain
• Alimentary tract pain due to vascular insufficiency
• Alteration in comfort: chronic pain
• Alteration in comfort: pain
• Application site pain
• Bilateral amputation stump pain of lower limbs
• Bilateral amputation stump pain of upper limbs
• Breakthrough pain
• Burning pain
• Catch
• Chronic back pain
• Chronic intractable pain
• Chronic pain
• Compensated movement at site of pain
• Constant pain
• Cramping pain
• Crushing pain
• Cryalgesia
• Crymodynia
• Cutting pain
• Deep pain
• Difficulty coping
• Difficulty coping with pain
• Diffuse pain
• Distressing present pain
• Drilling quality pain
• Dull pain
• Electric shock type pain
• Excruciating pain
• Excruciating present pain
• Exquisite pain
• Fearful with pain
• Finding of affective dimension of pain
• Finding of affective dimension of pain
• Finding of affective dimension of pain
• Finding of affective dimension of pain
• Finding of pain sense
• Finding of present pain intensity
• Finding of response to pain
• Finding of sensation of testes
• Finding of sensation of wound
• Finding of sensation of wound
• Finding of sensory dimension of pain
• Finding related to ability to cope with pain
• Finding related to ability to cope with pain
• Finding related to pain control behavior
• Fracture pain
• Freezing pain
• Generalized aches and pains
• Generalized acute body pains
• Generalized chronic body pains
• Gnawing pain
• Gradual onset of pain
• Griping pain
• Health management deficit
• Heavy pain
• Horrible present pain
• Inadequate pain control
• Increased pain
• Inflammatory pain
• Injection site pain
• Intermittent pain
• Late effect of injury of testicle
• Localized chest pain
• Localized pain
• Mechanical pain
• Mild pain
• Mild present pain
• Moderate pain
• Night pain
• Obstetric pain
• Pain
• Pain and tenderness
• Pain behavior present
• Pain by sensation quality
• Pain character - finding
• Pain characterized by provoking factor
• Pain characterized by relieving factor
• Pain crisis
• Pain due to dental trauma
• Pain during labor and delivery
• Pain during regional anesthesia for cesarean section
• Pain finding at anatomical site
• Pain following administration of agent
• Pain following administration of agent
• Pain following cerebrovascular accident
• Pain in area of anesthesia
• Pain in lymph nodes after alcohol consumption
• Pain in testicle
• Pain in testicle as late effect of injury to testicle
• Pain of amputation stump of left lower limb
• Pain of amputation stump of left lower limb
• Pain of amputation stump of left upper limb
• Pain of amputation stump of left upper limb
• Pain of amputation stump of right lower limb
• Pain of amputation stump of right lower limb
• Pain of amputation stump of right upper limb
• Pain of amputation stump of right upper limb
• Pain of endocrine structure
• Pain of lymph node
• Pain of lymph node
• Pain of lymphoreticular structure
• Pain of lymphoreticular structure
• Pain of skin
• Pain of truncal structure
• Pain on movement of skin
• Pain onset at rest
• Pain onset during moderate exercise
• Pain onset during sleep
• Pain provoked by allergen
• Pain provoked by altercation
• Pain provoked by coughing
• Pain provoked by eating
• Pain provoked by exertion
• Pain provoked by lifting
• Pain provoked by light
• Pain provoked by movement
• Pain provoked by rest
• Pain provoked by running
• Pain provoked by temperature
• Pain provoked by trauma
• Pain provoked by walking
• Pain radiating to left flank
• Pain radiating to right flank
• Pain radiating to thoracic region left side
• Pain radiating to thoracic region right side
• Pain relief by lowering leg
• Pain relief by medication
• Pain relief related to position
• Pain relieved by analgesic
• Pain self-management deficit, acute
• Pain threshold - finding
• Painful cough
• Peripheral vascular disease with rest pain
• Persistent wound pain
• Pricking pain
• Psychroalgia
• Punishing with pain
• Radiating pain
• Referred pain
• Sclerotomal pain
• Sequelae of reproductive disorders
• Severe pain
• Sharp pain
• Shooting pain
• Sickening with pain
• Smarting pain
• Somatic pain
• Soreness
• Splitting pain
• Spontaneous pain
• Squeezing pain
• Stabbing pain
• Stated pain intensity within acceptable range
• Superficial pain
• Suxamethonium pains
• Talking painful
• Tender point
• Tenderness
• Tenderness of body region
• Tenderness of body structure
• Tenderness of endocrine structure
• Tenderness of lymphoreticular structure
• Throbbing pain
• Tightening pain
• Tingling pain
• Tiring with pain
• Total body pain syndrome
• Uncontrolled pain
• Variation of pain
• Vaso-occlusive pain episode in sickle cell disease
• Very mild pain
• Visceral pain
• Wound pain
• Wound tenderness

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R52 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

• Signs And Symptoms With Mcc (947)
• Signs And Symptoms Without Mcc (948)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R52 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Acute pain NOS
  • Generalized pain NOS
  • Pain NOS
• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • acute and chronic pain, not elsewhere classified (@G89*.-)
  • localized pain, unspecified type - code to pain by site, such as:
  • abdomen pain (@R10*.-)
  • back pain (@M54.9*)
  • breast pain (@N64.4*)
  • chest pain (@R07.1*[email protected]*)
  • ear pain (@H92.0*-)
  • eye pain (@H57.1*)
  • headache (@R51.9*)
  • joint pain (@M25.5*-)
  • limb pain (@M79.6*-)
  • lumbar region pain (@M54.5*-)
  • pelvic and perineal pain (@R10.2*)
  • shoulder pain (@M25.51*-)
  • spine pain (@M54*.-)
  • throat pain (@R07.0*)
  • tongue pain (@K14.6*)
  • tooth pain (@K08.8*)
  • renal colic (@N23*)
  • pain disorders exclusively related to psychological factors (@F45.41*)

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