ICD-11 classes
X Extension Codes
Severity Scale Value
Disease Specific Severity Scale Value
Pain Severity Scale Value
Pain intensity
ICD-11 Pain intensity
Pain intensity is defined as the strength of the subjective pain experience (“how much does the pain hurt?”) The patient should be asked to rate the average pain intensity for the last week on an 11-point numerical rating scale (ranging from 0 ‘no pain’ to 10 ‘worst pain imaginable’) or a 100mm visual rating scale.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis contains 4 clarifying diagnoses: