Scope Of Pain: Safe & Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

Ep #001: My Pain is a "20" on a 10-point Scale

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Synopsis

When assessing a new patient's chronic pain from bilateral knee osteoarthritis, he states his pain is a 20 on a 0 to 10 pain scale. Why is this patient reporting pain above the 10-point scale? And how will you respond?