G89.22

Chronic post-thoracotomy pain

Billable / specific

G89.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • causalgia, lower limb (G57.7-) (from G89.2)
  • causalgia, upper limb (G56.4-) (from G89.2)
  • central pain syndrome (G89.0) (from G89.2)
  • chronic pain syndrome (G89.4) (from G89.2)
  • complex regional pain syndrome II, lower limb (G57.7-) (from G89.2)
  • complex regional pain syndrome II, upper limb (G56.4-) (from G89.2)
  • neoplasm related chronic pain (G89.3) (from G89.2)
  • reflex sympathetic dystrophy (G90.5-) (from G89.2)
  • generalized pain NOS (R52) (from G89)
  • pain disorders exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41) (from G89)
  • pain NOS (R52) (from G89)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G89)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G89)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G89)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G89)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G89)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G89)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G89)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G89)
  • atypical face pain (G50.1) (from G89)
  • headache syndromes (G44.-) (from G89)
  • localized pain, unspecified type - code to pain by site, such as: (from G89)
  • abdomen pain (R10.-) (from G89)
  • back pain (M54.9) (from G89)
  • breast pain (N64.4) (from G89)
  • chest pain (R07.1-R07.9) (from G89)
  • ear pain (H92.0-) (from G89)
  • eye pain (H57.1) (from G89)
  • headache (R51.9) (from G89)
  • joint pain (M25.5-) (from G89)
  • limb pain (M79.6-) (from G89)
  • lumbar region pain (M54.5-) (from G89)
  • painful urination (R30.9) (from G89)
  • pelvic and perineal pain (R10.2-) (from G89)
  • shoulder pain (M25.51-) (from G89)
  • spine pain (M54.-) (from G89)
  • throat pain (R07.0) (from G89)
  • tongue pain (K14.6) (from G89)
  • tooth pain (K08.8) (from G89)
  • renal colic (N23) (from G89)
  • migraines (G43.-) (from G89)
  • myalgia (M79.1-) (from G89)
  • pain from prosthetic devices, implants, and grafts (T82.84, T83.84, T84.84, T85.84-) (from G89)
  • phantom limb syndrome with pain (G54.6) (from G89)
  • vulvar vestibulitis (N94.810) (from G89)
  • vulvodynia (N94.81-) (from G89)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • related psychological factors associated with pain (F45.42) (from G89)

Also known as

  • Pain, chronic, post-thoracotomy

Parent code

  • G89.2Chronic pain, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

Related codes

  • G89.21Chronic pain due to traumaBillable
  • G89.28Other chronic postprocedural painBillable
  • G89.29Other chronic painBillable

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