G89.11
Acute pain due to trauma
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
generalized pain NOS (R52) pain disorders exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41) pain NOS (R52)
atypical face pain (G50.1) headache syndromes (G44.-) localized pain, unspecified type - code to pain by site, such as: abdomen pain (R10.-) back pain (M54.9) breast pain (N64.4) chest pain (R07.1-R07.9) ear pain (H92.0-) eye pain (H57.1) headache (R51.9) joint pain (M25.5-) limb pain (M79.6-) lumbar region pain (M54.5-) painful urination (R30.9) pelvic and perineal pain (R10.2-) shoulder pain (M25.51-) spine pain (M54.-) throat pain (R07.0) tongue pain (K14.6) tooth pain (K08.8) renal colic (N23) migraines (G43.-) myalgia (M79.1-) pain from prosthetic devices, implants, and grafts (T82.84, T83.84, T84.84, T85.84-) phantom limb syndrome with pain (G54.6) vulvar vestibulitis (N94.810) vulvodynia (N94.81-)
related psychological factors associated with pain (F45.42)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Official Guidelines for G89.11
FY 2026 ›Sections that reference G89.11
- I.C.6.b.1)(b)(i)Assigning Category G89 and Site-Specific Pain Codes
… identifying the specific site of pain (e.g., encounter for pain management for acute neck pain from trauma is assigned code G89.11, Acute pain due to trauma, followed by code M54.2, Cervicalgia, to identify the site of pain). …
- I.C.5.aPain disorders related to psychological factorsChapter 5
… As indicated by the Excludes 1 note under category G89, a code from category G89 should not be assigned with code F45.41. …
- I.C.6.b.1)General coding information
Codes in category G89, Pain, not elsewhere classified, may be used in conjunction with codes from other categories and chapters to provide more …
- I.C.6.b.1)(a)Category G89 Codes as Principal or First-Listed Diagnosis
Category G89 codes are acceptable as principal diagnosis or the first-listed code: • When pain control or pain management is the reason for …
- I.C.6.b.3)(a)Postoperative pain not associated with specific postoperative complication
… not associated with a specific postoperative complication is assigned to the appropriate postoperative pain code in category G89.
- I.C.6.b.3)(b)Postoperative pain associated with specific postoperative complication
… If appropriate, use additional code(s) from category G89 to identify acute or chronic pain (G89.18 or G89.28).
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