788.20 RETENTION URINE NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 788.20

Short Description: Retention urine NOS

Long Description: Retention of urine, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Symptoms (780-789)
      • 788 Symptoms involving urinary system
        • 788.20 Retention urine NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 788.20 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Retention, retained
    • bladder (see also Retention, urine) 788.20
      • psychogenic 306.53
    • urine NEC 788.20
      • bladder, incomplete emptying 788.21
        • due to
          • benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) - see category 600
      • due to
        • benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) - see category 600
      • psychogenic 306.53
      • specified NEC 788.29
  • Stasis
    • urine NEC (see also Retention, urine) 788.20
  • Stoppage
    • urine NEC (see also Retention, urine) 788.20
  • Urine, urinary - see also condition
    • retention or stasis NEC 788.20
      • bladder, incomplete emptying 788.21
      • psychogenic 306.53
      • specified NEC 788.29

Crosswalk Information

The code 788.20 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
788.20 Right Arrow R33.9 Retention of urine, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
788.0 Renal colic
788.1 Dysuria
788.21 Incomplete bladder emptying
788.29 Other specified retention of urine
788.30 Urinary incontinence, unspecified
788.31 Urge incontinence
788.32 Stress incontinence, male
788.33 Mixed incontinence (male) (female)
788.34 Incontinence without sensory awareness
788.35 Post-void dribbling
788.36 Nocturnal enuresis
788.37 Continuous leakage
788.38 Overflow incontinence
788.39 Other urinary incontinence
788.41 Urinary frequency
788.42 Polyuria
788.43 Nocturia
788.5 Oliguria and anuria
788.61 Splitting of urinary stream
788.62 Slowing of urinary stream
788.63 Urgency of urination
788.64 Urinary hesitancy
788.65 Straining on urination
788.69 Other abnormality of urination
788.7 Urethral discharge
788.8 Extravasation of urine
788.91 Functional urinary incontinence
788.99 Other symptoms involving urinary system


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