R39.1Other difficulties with micturition

R39.1 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other difficulties with micturition. It belongs to category R39 (other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system), block R30-R39 (symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system) 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 7 subcodes must be used instead.

Within R39, choose R39.1 (Other difficulties with micturition) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: Extravasation of urine (R39.0), Extrarenal uremia (R39.2), other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system (R39.8) and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system (R39.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: R39.11 (micturition), R39.12 (stream), R39.13 (stream), R39.14 (emptying), R39.15 (urination), R39.16 (void) and R39.19 (micturition).

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

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