. of molecular mechanisms have led to the development of multimodal analgesia and new pharmaceutical products to treat postoperative pain. . pneumonia, tachycardia, hypertension, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, transition to chronic pain, poor wound healing, and insomnia . the other two being drowsiness and nausea/vomiting. Despite this overwhelming rationale for effective postoperative pain control, .

Other chronic postoperative pain. 2014; Billable Thru Sept 30/2015; Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015; Short description: Chronic postop pain NEC. ICD-9-CM 338.28 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 338.28 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.

Acute Postoperative Pain: Definition of Acute Pain. Time Required: 20 minutes. . Although acute or nociceptive pain is distinct from chronic pain, the boundaries are not well defined. Patients with acute pain usually experience resolution, . Good postoperative pain relief has emerged through our understanding of how different drugs, when used in combination, .

338.28, Other chronic postoperative pain; 338.29, Other chronic pain; 338.3, Neoplasm-related pain (acute) (chronic) 338.4, Chronic pain syndrome; 780.96, Generalized pain; Documentation: Key to Coding. Documentation is the key to the correct code assignment when coding these conditions. . Zeisset, Ann. "Coding Guidelines for Pain." Journal of AHIMA 78, no.3 (March 2007): .

. or pathological (postoperative pain) process. It may be recurrent, with or without a background of ongoing chronic pain, (e.g. sickle cell disease, rheumatoid arthritis). Particularly after surgery, . Other factors include the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variations between patients; the Minimum Effective Analgesic Concentration (MEAC, .

Nerve Pain and Other Chronic Pain After Surgery 3. What Causes Chronic Post Mastectomy Pain? 4. Three Major Categories of Pain 5. Nerve Blocks For Chronic Pain About.com; About Health; Chronic Pain; . Other Causes of Chronic Postoperative Pain. Chronic postoperative pain can also be caused by other factors during and after surgery. For instance, .

Groin Pain After Hernia Repair. Robert E. Condon, . Severe chronic pain following hernia repair is usually due to ischemia or to neuropathy. Ischemia induced in musculofascial tissues by a repair done under tension is the most common cause of undue postoperative pain. In this situation, the sutures slowly cut through the tissues, relieving the pain but setting the stage for recurrence.

Coding for Pain For The Record Vol. 10 No. 11 P. 38. Effective October 1, 2006, ICD-9-CM category 338 was created for pain. The following are the new codes in category 338: • 338.0, Central pain syndrome; . • 338.28, Other chronic postoperative pain; • 338.29, Other chronic pain; • 338.3, Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic); • Cancer-associated pain; • Pain due to malignancy (primary) (secondary); • Tumor-associated pain;

A popular alternative definition of chronic pain, involving no arbitrarily fixed durations, is "pain that extends beyond the expected period of healing". Chronic pain may be classified as cancer pain or else as benign. . the feeling that distinguishes pain from other homeostatic emotions such as itch and nausea) and anterior cingulate cortex (thought to embody, among other things, the motivational element of pain); .