N39.490
N39.490: Overflow incontinence
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
N39.490 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for overflow incontinence. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N39.490 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above N39.490
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N39.490
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
N39.490 is named in 27 Medicare coverage policies: 26 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
- A53359Billing and Coding: Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Urinary and Fecal Incontinence
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Incontinence›overflow
- Incontinence›urine›overflow
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.