N39.4 — Other specified urinary incontinence
N39.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified urinary incontinence. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- any associated overactive bladder (N32.81)
Other codes that can never be billed with N39.4
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N39.4. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N39.4 alone.
Risk adjustment
N39.4 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead N39.4
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N39. If N39.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N39.4
- Is N39.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. N39.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does N39.4 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39).
- What cannot be coded together with N39.4?
- N39.4 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.