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338.18 - Other Acute Postoperative Pain


The ICD 9 Code for Other acute postoperative pain is listed as 338.18.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 338.18
Long Description: Other acute postoperative pain
Short Description: Acute postop pain NEC
Chapter: Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs
Block: Pain (338-338)
Related Descriptions: Acute postoperative pain
Internal mammary artery syndrome
Limb stump pain
Persistent pain following procedure
Post-abdominoperineal resection pain
Post-episiotomy pain
Post-herniorraphy pain
Post-mastectomy pain
Post-surgery back pain
Post-vasectomy pain
Postcordotomy pain
Postoperative pain
Postprocedural finding of tenderness
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: G89.18 - Other acute postprocedural pain
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 338.18:
338.11 - Acute pain due to trauma
338.12 - Acute post-thoracotomy pain
338.19 - Other acute pain