G89.22 Chronic post-thoracotomy pain
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.
Applies from G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1 (never code together)
- 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)
Applies from G89.2 Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1 (never code together)
- causalgia, lower limb (G57.7-)
- causalgia, upper limb (G56.4-)
- central pain syndrome (G89.0)
- chronic pain syndrome (G89.4)
- complex regional pain syndrome II, lower limb (G57.7-)
- complex regional pain syndrome II, upper limb (G56.4-)
- neoplasm related chronic pain (G89.3)
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy (G90.5-)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 091-093 in MDC 01.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
338.22 Chronic post-thoracotomy pain
Code annotations containing back-references to G89.22
Back-references to G89
- Code Also:
F45.42 Pain disorder with related psychological factors ("associated acute or chronic pain (G89.-)") - Type 1 Excludes:
R52 Pain, unspecified ("acute and chronic pain, not elsewhere classified (G89.-)")
Diagnosis Index entries for G89.22
- Pain (s) › chronic › post-thoracotomy
Nearby codes
G89.11 Acute pain due to traumaG89.12 Acute post-thoracotomy painG89.18 Other acute postprocedural painG89.2 Chronic pain, not elsewhere classifiedG89.21 Chronic pain due to traumaG89.22 Chronic post-thoracotomy pain (this code)G89.28 Other chronic postprocedural painG89.29 Other chronic painG89.3 Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic)G89.4 Chronic pain syndrome