ICD-9: 338.18 Short Description: Acute postop pain NEC Long Description: Other acute postoperative pain This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 338.18 Code Classification

Field Name: Field Value: Revision: 9th Revision: Code Type: Diagnosis: Code: 33818: Description: Acute postop pain NEC (Other acute postoperative pain)

ICD-9 338.18 is other acute postoperative pain (33818). This code is grouped under diagnosis codes for diseases of the nervous system.

Short description: Acute postop pain NEC. ICD-9-CM 338.18 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 338.18 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.

ICD-9: 338.28 Short Description: Chronic postop pain NEC Long Description: Other chronic postoperative pain This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 338.28 Code Classification. Diseases of the nervous system . Pain (338) . Acute pain lets you know that you may be injured or have a problem you need to take care of. Chronic pain is different. The pain signals go on for weeks, months, or even years.

Field Name: Field Value: Revision: 9th Revision: Code Type: Diagnosis: Code: 33819: Description: Acute pain NEC (Other acute pain)

Free, official coding info for 2016 ICD-10-CM G89.18 - includes coding rules & notes, synonyms, ICD-9-CM conversion, index back-references, . Acute postoperative pain; Pain after cesarean section, postpartum (after childbirth) Pain postpartum; Postherniorrhaphy pain syndrome; Postoperative pain, acute; . postprocedural NEC G89.18. G00-G99 G89.12:

Clinical Perspective. Acute postoperative pain remains a significant medical problem. Patients undergoing outpatient ambulatory surgery have clinically significant postoperative pain even when administration of oral opioids and nonopioid adjuncts are optimized . Regional analgesic techniques improve pain control except their use is limited to a minority of all surgical patients [8; 31].

Coding Guidelines for Pain. by Ann Zeisset, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P. New codes for generalized pain, central pain syndrome, and postoperative pain were approved for ICD-9-CM in FY 2007 and went into effect October 1, 2006.