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ICD-10-CM Code for Functional urinary incontinence R39.81

ICD-10 code R39.81 for Functional urinary incontinence 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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Functional urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence due to cognitive impairment, or severe physical disability or immobility
Excludes1: stress incontinence and other specified urinary incontinence (N39.3-N39.4-)
urinary incontinence NOS (R32)

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Recurrent UTI
I am wondering if anyone can give me some guidance on Urology. I have a patient that has recurrent uti. The dx given are N30.21 other chronic cystitis with hematuria, R35.0 frequency of micturition, ... [ Read More ]
Dx Coding and ROS diagnosis coding review of systems
Can a diagnosis code be pulled solely from the review of systems alone? I was recently dinged on an audit for a dx code the auditor believes I should have added. The code in question is R39.11 for ur... [ Read More ]
Incomplete Bladder Emptying
I have this same question? I wasn't sure what the difference was between R39.11- hesitancy of micturition and R33.8 Other retention?... [ Read More ]
History Code
I agree with Twizzle. If this is outpatient coding please see Section IV. J. of ICD10 CM Coding Guidelines "Code all documented conditions that coexist at the time of the encounter/visit, and requir... [ Read More ]
N39.41
Can we code N39.41 for urinary urgency & incontinence instead of R39.81 & R32?... [ Read More ]
Medical Decision Making
BPH with LUTS (lower urinary tract symptoms) definition is inclusive of symptoms such as frequency, hesitancy, and urgency. However the ICD-10 guidelines instruct us to use additional codes for assoc... [ Read More ]
Urinary urgency
[QUOTE="terribrown, post: 448664, member: 108500"]In an inpatient setting, the patient is documented with sepsis due to UTI (E. coli is the stated causal organism), urinary urgency x 3 days and BPH (a... [ Read More ]
Urinary urgency
In an inpatient setting, the patient is documented with sepsis due to UTI (E. coli is the stated causal organism), urinary urgency x 3 days and BPH (among other DX not essential to my question.) The ... [ Read More ]
Incomplete Bladder Emptying
[b]It Depends![/b] As with all coding....it depends! If the information says "Incomplete Bladder Emptying" I use R33.9 (see index Incomplete, Bladder, emptying R33.9)-Retention of urine, unspecified.... [ Read More ]
Incomplete Bladder Emptying
I've used R39.14 depending on the dictation.... [ Read More ]
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