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R32

R32: Unspecified urinary incontinence

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R32 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified urinary incontinence. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • functional urinary incontinence (R39.81)
  • nonorganic enuresis (F98.0)
  • stress incontinence and other specified urinary incontinence (N39.3-N39.4-)
  • urinary incontinence associated with cognitive impairment (R39.81)

Inclusion terms

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

  • Enuresis NOS

Other codes that can never be billed with R32

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • F98.0Enuresis not due to a substance or known physiological condition
  • N39.4Other specified urinary incontinence
  • R39.81Functional urinary incontinence

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R32 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A53026Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgery Coverage
  • 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

  • Enuresis
  • Incontinence
  • Incontinence›urethral sphincter
  • Incontinence›urine(urinary)
  • Insufficiency, insufficient›urethral sphincter
  • Urine›incontinence
  • Weak, weakening, weakness›bladder(sphincter)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.