MG30

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Chronic pain

Description

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage. Chronic pain is pain that persists or recurs for longer than 3 months. Chronic pain is multifactorial: biological, psychological and social factors contribute to the pain syndrome.

Coding note

This code should be used if a pain condition persists or recurs for longer than 3 months.

Excludes

Exclusions from above levels

  • 8E43 – Pain disorders
  • AB70.2 – Ear pain
  • DA0A – Pain in tooth, toothache
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  • FB56.4 – Pain in limb
  • GB23.5 – Breast pain
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/28995849 – Headache disorders
  • MC18 – Pain in eye
  • MD30 – Pain in chest
  • MD36.0 – Pain in throat
  • MD81 – Abdominal or pelvic pain
  • MD81.11 – Pelvic or perineal pain
  • ME82 – Pain in shoulder
  • ME84 – Spinal pain
  • ME84.2 – Low back pain
  • MF56 – Renal colic
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Child codes

  • MG30.0 – Chronic primary pain
  • MG30.1 – Chronic cancer related pain
  • MG30.2 – Chronic postsurgical or post traumatic pain
  • MG30.3 – Chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain
  • MG30.4 – Chronic secondary visceral pain
  • MG30.5 – Chronic neuropathic pain
  • MG30.6 – Chronic secondary headache or orofacial pain
  • MG30.Y – Other specified chronic pain
  • MG30.Z – Chronic pain, unspecified

Sibling codes

  • MG31 – Acute pain
  • MG3Z – Pain, unspecified

Foundation entity

Chronic pain – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1581976053

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified