ICD-10 Update: 2 Codes Help You Capture Phantom Limb Pain

Presence or absence of pain guides you to the right code for phantom limb

In 2013, you will need to gather more details about the presence or absence of pain when the patient complains of a phantom limb after an amputation. Whereas ICD-9 has a single code for phantom limb syndrome, ICD-10 elaborates the relation of phantom limb to pain and specifies two codes for the condition depending upon pain is present or not.

ICD Codes

ICD-9 has a single code for phantom limb, 353.6 (Phantom limb [syndrome]). When reporting the same in ICD-10, you will need to look for the presence or [...]

- Published on 2012-01-09