AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Pain Codes

Effective October 1, 2006, a new category has been created for pain to include central pain syndrome, acute pain, chronic pain, neoplasm related pain, and chronic pain syndrome. In addition, a new code has been created for generalized pain (780.96). Please refer to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in this issue for instructions on the usage of these codes. Add New category PAIN (338) 338 Pain, not elsewhere classified Use additional code to identify: pain associated with psychological factors (307.89) Excludes: generalized pain (780.96) localized pain, unspecified type – code to pain...

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