G89.3 Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic)

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Cancer associated pain
• Pain due to malignancy (primary) (secondary)
• Tumor associated pain

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)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 947-948 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 338.3 Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic)

Code annotations containing back-references to G89.3

Back-references to G89.3

• Type 1 Excludes: G89.2 Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified ("neoplasm related chronic pain (G89.3)")

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 G89.3

• Pain (s) › acute › neoplasm related
• Pain (s) › cancer associated (acute) (chronic)
• Pain (s) › chronic › neoplasm related
• Pain (s) › due to cancer
• Pain (s) › due to malignancy (primary) (secondary)
• Pain (s) › tumor associated

Nearby codes

• G89.2 Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified
• G89.21 Chronic pain due to trauma
• G89.22 Chronic post-thoracotomy pain
• G89.28 Other chronic postprocedural pain
• G89.29 Other chronic pain
• G89.3 Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic) (this code)
• G89.4 Chronic pain syndrome