R15Fecal incontinence

R15 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for fecal incontinence. It belongs to block R10-R19 (symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen) and chapter 18 (symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: R15.0 (defecation), R15.1 (smearing), R15.2 (urgency) and R15.9 (feces).

Don't report R15 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: fecal incontinence of nonorganic origin (F98.1).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.