Pain Assessment and Patient Education Service
Other
≈ ¥20-50
(≈ $3-7)
15 min
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Description
Estimated cost for Pain Assessment and Patient Education Service at general public hospitals in China is about ¥15-40, and at Grade 3A hospitals about ¥20-50, varying by hospital tier and region.
Main Uses
Primarily used for documenting and reimbursing clinically indicated, time-based, structured pain assessment and individualized health education delivered by qualified healthcare professionals (e.g., nurses, physicians, physical therapists). Key applications include: chronic pain management programs, postoperative recovery follow-up, cancer symptom control, geriatric functional assessments, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation planning — always requiring objective documentation of tool-based evaluation and patient/caregiver teaching.
Normal Range
Not applicable: 'Pain Assessment and Health Education Fee' is not a laboratory or physiological biomarker test; it is a healthcare service charge for clinical pain evaluation (e.g., using standardized tools like Numeric Rating Scale, Visual Analog Scale, or McGill Pain Questionnaire) and patient-centered health education. As a billing item, it has no biological reference range or numerical normal values.
Low Values - Possible Causes
N/A — This is a fee-based service code, not a measurable physiological parameter; 'low value' does not reflect a clinical abnormality but may indicate underutilization, documentation omission, insufficient time allocated, or failure to meet institutional criteria for billing (e.g., <5 minutes of documented assessment/education, lack of structured tool use, or non-qualifying patient encounter).
High Values - Possible Causes
N/A — Not a biological measurement; 'high value' refers only to billing-level variations due to factors such as extended session duration (>20 min), use of multiple validated assessment tools, inclusion of caregiver education, provision in specialized settings (e.g., palliative care, oncology), regional pricing differences, or billing errors (e.g., duplicate coding, incorrect modifier application).