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G89.2

G89.2: Chronic pain, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

G89.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic pain, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • causalgia, lower limb (G57.7-)
  • causalgia, upper limb (G56.4-)
  • central pain syndrome (G89.0)
  • chronic pain syndrome (G89.4)
  • complex regional pain syndrome II, lower limb (G57.7-)
  • complex regional pain syndrome II, upper limb (G56.4-)
  • neoplasm related chronic pain (G89.3)
  • reflex sympathetic dystrophy (G90.5-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G89.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on G89: Pain, not elsewhere classified

  • generalized pain NOS (R52)
  • pain disorders exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)
  • pain NOS (R52)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G89.2

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on G89: Pain, not elsewhere classified

Other codes that can never be billed with G89.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • R52Pain, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead G89.2

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under G89

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.