Anesthesia Coding Alert
Submit 782.0 for Your Allodynia Diagnosis
Question: What is the best diagnosis code for allodynia?
Alabama Subscriber
Answer: Allodynia is a condition characterized by the patient feeling pain caused by a stimulus that is not usually painful (such as light). Allodynia is covered by the more general term hyperesthesia, or an increased sensitivity.
ICD-9 diagnosis 782.0 (Disturbance of skin sensation) is the appropriate code.
ICD 10 transition: When you begin coding with ICD-10 in October, diagnosis 782.0 converts to several new options:
Note: Hyperalgesia is a condition sometimes tied to allodynia. Hyperalgesia is an increased response to a stimulus that normally is somewhat painful to begin with (such as a pin prick). You currently report hyperalgesia with 782.0 and will shift to R20.8 under ICD-10.
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