R39.1

Other difficulties with micturition

Non-billable header

R39.1 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from R39)

  • Note: This chapter includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of clinical or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded.
  • Note: Signs and symptoms that point rather definitely to a given diagnosis have been assigned to a category in other chapters of the classification. In general, categories in this chapter include the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish a final diagnosis, point perhaps equally to two or more diseases or to two or more systems of the body. Practically all categories in the chapter could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown etiology' or 'transient'. The Alphabetical Index should be consulted to determine which symptoms and signs are to be allocated here and which to other chapters. The residual subcategories, numbered .8, are generally provided for other relevant symptoms that cannot be allocated elsewhere in the classification.
  • Note: The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories R00-R94 consist of:
  • Note: (a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated;
  • Note: (b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
  • Note: (c) provisional diagnosis in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care;
  • Note: (d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made;
  • Note: (e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason;
  • Note: (f) certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their own right.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-) (from R39)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from R39)
  • signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters (from R39)
  • signs and symptoms of breast (N63, N64.5) (from R39)

Code first

Sequence the underlying condition first.

  • , if applicable, any causal condition, such as:
  • enlarged prostate (N40.1)

Parent code

  • R39Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary systemHeader

More specific codes R39.1

  • R39.11Hesitancy of micturitionBillable
  • R39.12Poor urinary streamBillable
  • R39.13Splitting of urinary streamBillable
  • R39.14Feeling of incomplete bladder emptyingBillable
  • R39.15Urgency of urinationBillable
  • R39.16Straining to voidBillable
  • R39.19Other difficulties with micturitionHeader

Related codes

  • R39.0Extravasation of urineBillable
  • R39.2Extrarenal uremiaBillable
  • R39.8Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary systemHeader
  • R39.9Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary systemBillable

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