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Delve Into Syndrome Symptoms for This Chronic Pain Dx

Published on Wed Sep 17, 2025

Question: If a patient has chronic pain syndrome, how is that different from a more generic chronic pain diagnosis, like one from the G89.2- family? Kentucky Subscriber Answer: One difference is the diagnosis codes. There is only one ICD-10-CM code for chronic pain syndrome: G89.4 (Chronic pain syndrome). Though all chronic pain patients obviously suffer from chronic pain, chronic pain [...]
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