Which incontinence code should you use?
The Alphabetic Index lists 17 codes under Incontinence. Which one applies depends on the qualifier documented in the record — the type, site, cause, or associated condition. Find the qualifier below, then verify the code in the Tabular List before using it.
By type
| anal sphincter | R15.9 | Full incontinence of feces |
| coital | N39.491 | Coital incontinence |
| feces | R15.9 | Full incontinence of feces |
| insensible | N39.42 | Incontinence without sensory awareness |
| overflow | N39.490 | Overflow incontinence |
| postural | N39.492 | Postural (urinary) incontinence |
| psychogenic | F45.8 | Other somatoform disorders |
| rectal | R15.9 | Full incontinence of feces |
| reflex | N39.498 | Other specified urinary incontinence |
| stress | N39.3 | Stress incontinence (female) (male) |
| urethral sphincter | R32 | Unspecified urinary incontinence |
| urge | N39.41 | Urge incontinence |
| urine | R32 | Unspecified urinary incontinence |
Incontinence feces
| nonorganic origin | F98.1 | Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition |
Incontinence stress
| and urge | N39.46 | Mixed incontinence |
Incontinence urge
| and stress | N39.46 | Mixed incontinence |
Incontinence urine
| continuous | N39.45 | Continuous leakage |
| due to cognitive impairment, or severe physical disability or immobility | R39.81 | Functional urinary incontinence |
| functional | R39.81 | Functional urinary incontinence |
| insensible | N39.42 | Incontinence without sensory awareness |
| mixed | N39.46 | Mixed incontinence |
| nocturnal | N39.44 | Nocturnal enuresis |
| nonorganic origin | F98.0 | Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition |
| overflow | N39.490 | Overflow incontinence |
| post dribbling | N39.43 | Post-void dribbling |
| postural | N39.492 | Postural (urinary) incontinence |
| reflex | N39.498 | Other specified urinary incontinence |
| specified NEC | N39.498 | Other specified urinary incontinence |
| stress | N39.3 | Stress incontinence (female) (male) |
| total | N39.498 | Other specified urinary incontinence |
| unaware | N39.42 | Incontinence without sensory awareness |
| urge | N39.41 | Urge incontinence |
| stress › and urge | N39.46 | Mixed incontinence |
| urge › and stress | N39.46 | Mixed incontinence |