Diagnosis Code: R15.9

Short Description: Full incontinence of feces

Long Description: Full incontinence of feces

The code R15.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
    • Fecal incontinence (R15)
      • R15.9 Full incontinence of feces

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Abnormal defecation
• Abnormal defecation
• Abnormal defecation
• Alteration in bowel elimination
• Alteration in bowel elimination
• Alteration in bowel elimination
• Bladder control - finding
• Bladder control - finding
• Bowels: occasional accident
• Childhood double incontinence
• Complete fecal incontinence
• Desire for stool finding
• Digestive symptom
• Double incontinence
• Double incontinence
• Encopresis
• Encopresis
• Encopresis
• Encopresis with constipation AND overflow incontinence
• Fecal fluid leakage
• Fecal incontinence due to anorectal disorder
• Fecal incontinence following creation of ileo-anal pouch
• Finding related to awareness of bowel function
• Finding related to awareness of bowel function
• Finding related to awareness of bowel function
• Frequent fecal incontinence
• Functional fecal incontinence
• Idiopathic fecal incontinence
• Incontinence of feces
• Integrity of anal sphincter - finding
• Lacking desire for stool
• Loss of awareness of need for stool
• Neuromyopathic fecal incontinence
• Non-retentive fecal incontinence
• Primary organic encopresis
• Secondary organic encopresis
• Soiling
• Soiling symptom
• Sphincter ani incontinence
• Spurious diarrhea - overflow
• Spurious diarrhea - overflow
• Unable to distinguish stool and flatus
• Unaware of passing feces

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R15.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

• Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders With Mcc (391)
• Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders Without Mcc (392)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R15.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Fecal incontinence NOS

Crosswalk Information

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This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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