ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G89-G99 › G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified › G89.1

G89.1

Acute pain, not elsewhere classified

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • G89.11 Acute pain due to trauma
  • G89.12 Acute post-thoracotomy pain
  • G89.18 Other acute postprocedural pain

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Acute pain, not elsewhere classified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • generalized pain NOS (R52)
  • pain disorders exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)
  • pain NOS (R52)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • atypical face pain (G50.1)
  • headache syndromes (G44.-)
  • localized pain, unspecified type - code to pain by site, such as:
  • abdomen pain (R10.-)
  • back pain (M54.9)
  • breast pain (N64.4)
  • chest pain (R07.1-R07.9)
  • ear pain (H92.0-)
  • eye pain (H57.1)
  • headache (R51.9)
  • joint pain (M25.5-)
  • limb pain (M79.6-)
  • lumbar region pain (M54.5-)
  • painful urination (R30.9)
  • pelvic and perineal pain (R10.2-)
  • shoulder pain (M25.51-)
  • spine pain (M54.-)
  • throat pain (R07.0)
  • tongue pain (K14.6)
  • tooth pain (K08.8)
  • renal colic (N23)
  • migraines (G43.-)
  • myalgia (M79.1-)
  • pain from prosthetic devices, implants, and grafts (T82.84, T83.84, T84.84, T85.84-)
  • phantom limb syndrome with pain (G54.6)
  • vulvar vestibulitis (N94.810)
  • vulvodynia (N94.81-)

Code also

  • related psychological factors associated with pain (F45.42)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
G89.0 Central pain syndrome Valid
G89.2 Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified Not billable
G89.3 Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic) Valid
G89.4 Chronic pain syndrome Valid