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ICD-10-CM Code for Retention of urine, unspecified R33.9

ICD-10 code R33.9 for Retention of urine, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Retention of urine, unspecified

R33

Excludes1: psychogenic retention of urine (F45.8)

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