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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 338.1
Acute pain
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 4 ICD-9-CM codes below 338.1 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Intensely discomforting, distressful, or agonizing sensation associated with trauma or disease, with well-defined location, character, and timing
  • Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time
  • Physical suffering or distress; to hurt
  • Severe pain of limited duration
  • Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage (international association for the study of pain); sudden or slow onset of any intensity from mild to severe with an anticipated or predictable end and a duration of less than 6 months
 338.0 ICD9Data.com 338.11 
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