R39.81 Functional urinary incontinence

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Urinary incontinence due to cognitive impairment, or severe physical disability or immobility

Excludes1 (never code together)

• stress incontinence and other specified urinary incontinence (N39.3-N39.4-)
• urinary incontinence NOS (R32)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 695-696 in MDC 11.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 788.91 Functional urinary incontinence

Code annotations containing back-references to R39.81

Back-references to R39.81

• Type 1 Excludes: N39.4 Other specified urinary incontinence ("functional urinary incontinence (R39.81)")
• Type 1 Excludes: N39.4 Other specified urinary incontinence ("urinary incontinence associated with cognitive impairment (R39.81)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R32 Unspecified urinary incontinence ("functional urinary incontinence (R39.81)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R32 Unspecified urinary incontinence ("urinary incontinence associated with cognitive impairment (R39.81)")

Diagnosis Index entries for R39.81

• Incontinence › urine (urinary) › due to cognitive impairment, or severe physical disability or immobility
• Incontinence › urine (urinary) › functional

Nearby codes

• R39.191 Need to immediately re-void
• R39.192 Position dependent micturition
• R39.198 Other difficulties with micturition
• R39.2 Extrarenal uremia
• R39.8 Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
• R39.81 Functional urinary incontinence (this code)
• R39.82 Chronic bladder pain
• R39.83 Unilateral non-palpable testicle
• R39.84 Bilateral non-palpable testicles
• R39.85 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness
• R39.851 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, right side