G89.18

The ICD-10 code G89.18 is assigned to indicate other acute postprocedural pain. It is a standard ICD-10-CM code used for patients experiencing pain following a surgical procedure.

Category G89: Pain, not elsewhere specified, is a non-specific code and should not be used for reimbursement. It is under the range of diseases of the nervous system, particularly other disorders of the nervous system. It classifies different types of pain, including acute pain, chronic pain, pain resulting from trauma, post-procedural pain, pain associated with neoplasms, and specific pain syndromes.

Postoperative pain is an uncomfortable physical and psychological experience linked to actual or potential tissue damage resulting from surgery.