tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 18

ICD-10 Preparation: G89 Family Will Bring Chronic, Acute Pain Options

Hint: One-to-one cross from ICD-9 eases transition.When ICD-10 goes into effect in October 2013, you'll have lots of new codes to learn when your physician diagnoses acute or chronic pain. Fortunately, each existing diagnosis has a straight crossover with a structure almost identical to ICD-9. Common choices under ICD-10 will include:G89.0 (Central pain syndrome)G89.11 (Acute pain due to trauma) or G89.21 (Chronic pain due to trauma) for trauma painG89.12 (Acute post-thoracotomy pain) or G89.22 (Chronic post-thoracotomy pain) following thoracotomy (not otherwise specified)G89.18 (Other acute postprocedural pain) orG89.28 (Other chronic postprocedural pain)...

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