DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified

  • Header · not billable

G89 is not billable. The category heads 10 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 5 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Central pain syndrome → G89.0
  • Déjérine-Roussy syndrome → G89.0
  • Pain(s)chronic → G89.29

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 6 Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
  2. G89-G99 Other disorders of the nervous system (G89-G99)
  3. G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified
Billable codes
10
Subdivisions
5
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
28

Codes in G89

  1. G89.0
    Central pain syndrome
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Déjérine-Roussy syndrome
    • Myelopathic pain syndrome
    • Thalamic pain syndrome (hyperesthetic)
  2. G89.1
    Acute pain, not elsewhere classified
    Header
  3. G89.11
    Acute pain due to trauma
    Billable
  4. G89.12
    Acute post-thoracotomy pain
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Post-thoracotomy pain NOS
  5. G89.18
    Other acute postprocedural pain
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Postoperative pain NOS
    • Postprocedural pain NOS
  6. G89.2
    Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified
    Header
    Excludes1 8

    Excludes1

    • causalgia, lower limb (G57.7-) G57.7
    • causalgia, upper limb (G56.4-) G56.4
    • central pain syndrome (G89.0) G89.0
    • chronic pain syndrome (G89.4) G89.4
    • complex regional pain syndrome II, lower limb (G57.7-) G57.7
    • complex regional pain syndrome II, upper limb (G56.4-) G56.4
    • neoplasm related chronic pain (G89.3) G89.3
    • reflex sympathetic dystrophy (G90.5-) G90.5
  7. G89.21
    Chronic pain due to trauma
    Billable
  8. G89.22
    Chronic post-thoracotomy pain
    Billable
  9. G89.28
    Other chronic postprocedural pain
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Other chronic postoperative pain
  10. G89.29
    Other chronic pain
    Billable
  11. G89.3
    Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic)
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Cancer associated pain
    • Pain due to malignancy (primary) (secondary)
    • Tumor associated pain
  12. G89.4
    Chronic pain syndrome
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Chronic pain associated with significant psychosocial dysfunction

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At G89

Excludes1

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

Excludes2

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

Code also

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

Notes that also apply

Chapter 6 instructions (Excludes2 8): printed on the chapter 6 page.

Index entries

  • Central pain syndrome → G89.0
  • Déjérine-Roussy syndrome → G89.0
  • Anesthesia, anesthetichyperesthetic, thalamic → G89.0
  • Myelopathicpain syndrome → G89.0
  • Syndromecentral pain → G89.0
  • SyndromeDéjérine-Roussy → G89.0
  • Syndromemyelopathic pain → G89.0
  • Syndromethalamic pain (hyperesthetic) → G89.0
  • Pain(s)post-thoracotomy → G89.12
  • Pain(s)postoperative NOS → G89.18
  • Pain(s)postprocedural NOS → G89.18
  • Pain(s)chronic → G89.29
  • Pain(s)cancer associated (acute) (chronic) → G89.3
  • Pain(s)due to cancer → G89.3
  • Pain(s)due to malignancy (primary) (secondary) → G89.3
  • Pain(s)tumor associated → G89.3
  • Pain(s)acutedue to trauma → G89.11
  • Pain(s)acutepost-thoracotomy → G89.12
  • Pain(s)acutepostprocedural NEC → G89.18
  • Pain(s)chronicdue to trauma → G89.21
  • Pain(s)chronicpost-thoracotomy → G89.22
  • Pain(s)chronicpostoperative NEC → G89.28
  • Pain(s)chronicpostprocedural NEC → G89.28
  • Pain(s)chronicspecified NEC → G89.29
  • Pain(s)acuteneoplasm related → G89.3
  • Pain(s)chronicneoplasm related → G89.3
  • Pain(s)chronicassociated with significant psychosocial dysfunction → G89.4
  • Syndromechronicpain → G89.4

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