Introduction
Pain management and palliative care are specialized medical disciplines focused on improving quality of life for patients with chronic, complex, or terminal conditions. These disciplines require a deep understanding of symptom control, accurate diagnosis, coordinated care, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Whether providers are managing neuropathic pain, cancer-related pain, post-operative pain, or terminal symptoms, precise documentation is essential for proper treatment planning, care continuity, and reimbursement.
This comprehensive list of ICD-10 codes is tailored specifically for pain management physicians, hospice providers, anesthesiologists, nurse practitioners, and palliative care teams. With the right ICD-10 codes—and a customizable EHR like DocVilla—practices can improve clinical workflows, enhance compliance, and optimize billing.
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General Chronic Pain ICD-10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- G89.29 — Other chronic pain
- G89.4 — Chronic pain syndrome
- G89.21 — Chronic pain due to trauma
- G89.22 — Chronic post-thoracotomy pain
- G89.28 — Other chronic postprocedural pain
- R52 — Pain, unspecified
- G89.0 — Central pain syndrome
- G89.1 — Acute pain, not elsewhere classified
Neuropathic Pain Conditions ICD 10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- G50.1 — Atypical facial pain
- G60.9 — Hereditary and idiopathic neuropathy, unspecified
- G63 — Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- G54.6 — Phantom limb syndrome with pain
- G62.9 — Polyneuropathy, unspecified
- M79.2 — Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
- M79.0 — Rheumatism, unspecified
Cancer-Related ICD-10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- G89.3 — Neoplasm related pain (acute) (chronic)
- C79.51 — Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone
- C79.52 — Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone marrow
- C79.31 — Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain
- C79.40 — Secondary malignant neoplasm of unspecified respiratory organ
- C80.1 — Malignant (primary) neoplasm, unspecified
- Z51.5 — Encounter for palliative care
Musculoskeletal Pain and Disorders ICD-10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- M54.5 — Low back pain
- M54.6 — Pain in thoracic spine
- M25.561 — Pain in right knee
- M25.562 — Pain in left knee
- M25.511 — Pain in right shoulder
- M25.512 — Pain in left shoulder
- M79.1 — Myalgia
- M25.50 — Pain in unspecified joint
- M54.2 — Cervicalgia
- M54.9 — Dorsalgia, unspecified
Headaches and Migraines ICD-10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- G43.909 — Migraine, unspecified, not intractable, without status migrainosus
- G43.109 — Migraine without aura, not intractable
- G44.1 — Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified
- R51.9 — Headache, unspecified
- G44.201 — Tension-type headache, unspecified, intractable
- G44.209 — Tension-type headache, unspecified, not intractable
Post-Surgical Pain ICD-10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- G89.18 — Other acute postprocedural pain
- G89.28 — Other chronic postprocedural pain
- T81.89XA — Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified, initial
- T88.7XXA — Unspecified adverse effect of drug or medicament, initial encounter
- Z48.89 — Encounter for other specified postprocedural aftercare
- Z98.890 — Other specified postprocedural states
Pain Associated with Injuries ICD-10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- S39.012A — Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower back, initial encounter
- S33.5XXA — Sprain of ligaments of lumbar spine, initial
- S16.1XXA — Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level
- S43.401A — Sprain of unspecified shoulder, initial encounter
- S93.401A — Sprain of right ankle, initial encounter
- T14.91 — Pain in unspecified injury
Nerve and Radicular Pain ICD-10 Codes For Pain Management and Palliative Care
- M54.16 — Radiculopathy, lumbar region
- M54.12 — Radiculopathy, cervical region
- M54.17 — Radiculopathy, lumbosacral region
- M54.14 — Radiculopathy, thoracic region
- G57.01 — Meralgia paresthetica
- G57.10 — Mononeuropathy of lower limb, unspecified
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Codes
- Z51.5 — Encounter for palliative care
- R68.89 — Other general symptoms and signs
- R47.81 — Slurred speech
- R62.7 — Adult failure to thrive
- R64 — Cachexia
- R63.4 — Abnormal weight loss
- R63.1 — Anorexia
- R46.89 — Other symptoms and signs involving appearance and behavior
Pain with Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Components
- F45.41 — Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors
- F45.42 — Pain disorder with related psychological and medical factors
- F43.10 — Post-traumatic stress disorder, unspecified
- F32.9 — Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
- F41.9 — Anxiety disorder, unspecified
Other Common Symptoms
- R10.2 — Pelvic and perineal pain
- R10.9 — Abdominal pain, unspecified
- R52 — Pain, unspecified
- R07.1 — Chest pain on breathing
- R07.2 — Precordial pain
- R07.89 — Other chest pain
Sleep Disorders Associated with Pain
- G47.00 — Insomnia, unspecified
- G47.10 — Hypersomnia, unspecified
- G47.30 — Sleep apnea, unspecified
- F51.9 — Sleep disorder not due to substance or known physiological condition
- Z72.820 — Sleep deprivation
Functional Pain Syndromes
- M79.7 — Fibromyalgia
- R53.83 — Other fatigue
- R53.1 — Weakness
- G90.09 — Other idiopathic peripheral autonomic neuropathy
- R45.7 — State of emotional shock and stress, unspecified
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