There are three ways to approach knee pain diagnosis:
The varieties most likely to affect the knee include:
Coding Guidelines for Pain338.0, Central pain syndrome.338.11, Acute pain due to trauma.338.12, Acute post-thoracotomy pain.338.18, Other acute postoperative pain.338.19, Other acute pain.338.21, Chronic pain due to trauma.338.22, Chronic post-thoracotomy pain.338.28, Other chronic postoperative pain.More items...
M25. 561 Pain in right knee - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare Z47. 89.
Encounter for other specified surgical aftercare Z48. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z48. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-Code M25. 50 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Pain in Unspecified Joint.
Superficial injury of knee and lower leg ICD-10-CM S80. 912A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
ICD-10: Z96. 651, Status (post), organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, joint, knee-see presence of knee joint implant.
Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare Z47. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z47. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Z47. 1 - Aftercare following joint replacement surgery | ICD-10-CM.
Z96. 651 - Presence of right artificial knee joint. ICD-10-CM.
Aftercare visit codes are assigned in situations in which the initial treatment of a disease has been performed but the patient requires continued care during the healing or recovery phase, or for the long-term consequences of the disease.
Knee pain can be mild, moderate or severe. The reasons for pain can vary such as injury, overuse, infection and inflammation. Sometimes there may be swelling and redness depends on the cause. We need to visit doctor as per the severity and as per how long the pain lasts.
Physician will do extremity examination to check if there is any swelling, inflammation or injury. There may be need of radiological tests (X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound) or arthrocentesis (lab analysis of knee joint fluid) for further evaluation to check for infections or injury to tendon or ligament.
ICD 10 Code for knee pain is found in chapter 13 of ICD-10 CM manual – diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, code range M00 – M99