Table 3.
Frequencies and prevalence of readmission pain diagnoses within study cohort. ICD codes as found within study cohort.
| Readmission pain diagnoses | n | Prevalence | ICD code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 871 | 100.00% | |
| Abdominal pain | 434 | 49.83% | |
| Unspecified site | 264 | 789.00, R10.9 | |
| Other specified site, multiple sites | 93 | 789.09 | |
| Right upper quadrant | 29 | 789.01, R10.11 | |
| Right lower quadrant | 15 | 789.03, R10.31 | |
| Epigastric | 15 | 789.06 | |
| Left lower quadrant | 10 | 789.04 | |
| Generalized | 3 | 789.07 | |
| Flatulence, eructation and gas pain | 2 | 787.3 | |
| Anal or rectal pain | 2 | 569.42 | |
| Lower abdominal pain, unspecified | 1 | R10.30 | |
| Chest pain or painful respiration | 114 | 13.09% | |
| Unspecified | 94 | 786.50, R07.9 | |
| Other chest pain | 16 | 786.59 | |
| Painful respiration, chest pain on breathing | 4 | 786.52, R07.1 | |
| Headache | 93 | 10.68% | |
| Headache | 90 | 784.0, R51 | |
| Other forms of migraine, w/o mention of intractable migraine | 1 | 346.8 | |
| Migraine, unspecified w/o mention of intractable migraine | 1 | 346.9 | |
| Hemicrania continua | 1 | 339.41 | |
| Pain in limb or joint | 79 | 9.07% | |
| Pain in limb | 42 | 729.5 | |
| Pain in joint involving lower leg | 14 | 719.46, M79.669 | |
| Pain in joint involving pelvis | 12 | 719.45 | |
| Pain in joint involving shoulder | 2 | 719.41 | |
| Pain in left hip | 2 | M25.552 | |
| Pain in joint involving ankles | 1 | 719.47 | |
| Pain in right elbow | 1 | M25.521 | |
| Pain in right knee | 1 | M25.561 | |
| Pain in unspecified knee | 1 | M25.569 | |
| Pain in right leg | 1 | M79.604 | |
| Pain in right thigh | 1 | M79.651 | |
| Arthralgia of the temporomandibular joint | 1 | 524.62 | |
| Backache | 51 | 5.86% | |
| Lumbago | 19 | 724.2 | |
| Unspecified | 19 | 724.5 | |
| Cervicalgia | 9 | 723.1, M54.2 | |
| Low back pain | 3 | M54.5 | |
| Sciatica | 1 | 724.3 | |
| Postoperative pain | 42 | 4.82% | |
| Other acute postoperative/postprocedural pain | 37 | 338.18, G89.18 | |
| Other chronic postoperative pain | 4 | 338.28 | |
| Acute post-thoracotomy pain | 1 | ||
| Neoplasm related pain | 28 | 3.21% | |
| Acute and chronic | 28 | G89.3, 338.3 | |
| Atherosclerosis related pain | 14 | 1.61% | |
| Atherosclerosis of extremities with rest pain | 14 | 440.22 | |
| Other pain | 16 | 1.84% | |
| Other acute pain | 3 | 440.22 | |
| Other chronic pain | 8 | 338.29 | |
| Chronic pain syndrome | 1 | 338.4 | |
| Trigeminal neuralgia | 1 | 350.1 | |
| Mastodynia | 1 | 611.71 | |
| Polymyalgia rheumatica | 1 | 725 | |
| Generalized pain | 1 | 780.96 |