Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.96
Generalized pain
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 780.96 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 780.96 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 780.96 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R52 Pain, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Generalized aches and pains
  • Pain crisis
  • Pain due to any device, implant AND/OR graft
  • Pain due to any device, implant or graft
  • Pain due to cardiac pacemaker
  • Pain due to cardiovascular device
  • Pain due to device, implant or graft
  • Pain due to genitourinary device, implant or graft
  • Pain due to internal orthopedic device, implant or graft
  • Pain due to late effect of radiation
  • Pain due to left ankle arthroplasty
  • Pain due to left elbow arthroplasty
  • Pain due to left hip arthroplasty
  • Pain due to left shoulder arthroplasty
  • Pain due to left wrist arthroplasty
  • Pain due to orthopedic device, implant or graft
  • Pain due to pacemaker
  • Pain due to right ankle arthroplasty
  • Pain due to right elbow arthroplasty
  • Pain due to right hip arthroplasty
  • Pain due to right shoulder arthroplasty
  • Pain due to right wrist arthroplasty
  • Pain due to vascular graft
  • Postradiotherapy pain
Clinical Information
  • Causing physical or psychological misery, pain or distress
  • Pain that is difficult to pinpoint
  • Sensation of unpleasant feeling indicating potential or actual damage to some body structure felt all over, or throughout the body
  • The sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony, resulting from the stimulation of specialized nerve endings
  • Unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli and generally received by specialized nerve endings
  • Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage
Applies To
  • Pain NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 780.96:
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