N39.41
N39.41: Urge incontinence
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
N39.41 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for urge incontinence. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N39.41 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- mixed incontinence (N39.46)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N39.41
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N39.41
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with N39.41
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R39.15Urgency of urination
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
N39.41 is named in 36 Medicare coverage policies: 35 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57067Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Servicesnot covered
- A53026Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgery Coverage
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Incontinence›urge
- Incontinence›urine›urge
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.