Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 338.28
Other chronic postoperative pain
  • Short description: Chronic postop pain NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 338.28 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 338.28 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 338.28.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 338.28: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 338.28 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G89.28 Other chronic postprocedural pain
Approximate Synonyms
  • Chronic pain, postop
  • Chronic postmastectomy pain
  • Chronic post-mastectomy pain
  • Chronic postoperative pain
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 338.28:
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