R15.2
R15.2: Fecal urgency
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R15.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fecal urgency. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R15.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberOther codes that can never be billed with R15.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- F98.1Encopresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R15.2 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 13 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
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fecal›urgency
- Urgency›fecal
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.