Is R30.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R30.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R30.9 sit in the tabular list?

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system (R30-R39).

What cannot be coded together with R30.9?

R30.9 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above R30.9 (R30) and apply to it just the same.

R30.9

R30.9 — Painful micturition, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R30.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for painful micturition, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Painful urination NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R30.9

These are not written on R30.9, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing R30.9 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on R30 — Pain associated with micturition

psychogenic pain associated with micturition (F45.8)

Risk adjustment

R30.9 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.

Medicare coverage

R30.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57050Billing and Coding: Post-Void Residual Urine and/or Bladder Capacity by Ultrasound

How R30.9 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to R30.9.

Micturition›painful
Urination›painful

Code history

R30.9 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R30. If R30.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R30.9

Is R30.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R30.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R30.9 sit in the tabular list?: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system (R30-R39).
What cannot be coded together with R30.9?: R30.9 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above R30.9 (R30) and apply to it just the same.