338 Pain, not elsewhere classified (338.0-338.4) ICD-9-CM
The 338.0-338.4 block classified 338 pain, not elsewhere classified with 11 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 338.0-338.4 Block 11 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 338.0 Central pain syndrome
- 338.11 Acute pain due to trauma
- 338.12 Acute post-thoracot pain
- 338.18 Acute postop pain NEC
- 338.19 Acute pain NEC
- 338.21 Chronc pain d/t trauma
- 338.22 Chron post-thoracot pain
- 338.28 Chronic postop pain NEC
- 338.29 Chronic pain NEC
- 338.3 Neoplasm related pain
- 338.4 Chronic pain syndrome
Questions About This Page
Are the 338.0-338.4 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 338.0-338.4 block classify?
The block classified 338 pain, not elsewhere classified with 11 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Diseases of the nervous system (320–359) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.
