R15.9 - Full incontinence of feces
| ICD-10: | R15.9 |
| Short Description: | Full incontinence of feces |
| Long Description: | Full incontinence of feces |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R15.9 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of full incontinence of feces. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abnormal defecation
- Abnormal defecation
- Abnormal defecation
- Alteration in bowel elimination
- Alteration in bowel elimination
- Alteration in bowel elimination
- Bowels: occasional accident
- Childhood double incontinence
- Complete fecal incontinence
- Desire for stool finding
- Digestive symptom
- Double incontinence
- Double incontinence
- Encopresis
- Encopresis symptom
- Encopresis with constipation AND overflow incontinence
- Fecal fluid leakage
- Fecal incontinence due to anorectal disorder
- Finding related to awareness of bowel function
- Finding related to awareness of bowel function
- Finding related to awareness of bowel function
- Frequent fecal incontinence
- Functional fecal incontinence
- Idiopathic fecal incontinence
- Incontinence of feces
- Integrity of anal sphincter - finding
- Lacking desire for stool
- Loss of awareness of need for stool
- Neuromyopathic fecal incontinence
- Non-retentive fecal incontinence
- Primary organic encopresis
- Secondary organic encopresis
- Soiling
- Soiling symptom
- Sphincter ani incontinence
- Spurious diarrhea - overflow
- Spurious diarrhea - overflow
- Unable to distinguish stool and flatus
- Unaware of passing feces
Clinical Information
- Encopresis-. incontinence of feces not due to organic defect or illness.
- Encopresis-. an elimination disorder characterized by fecal incontinence, whether involuntary or intentional, which is not due to a medical condition and which occurs in someone who is toilet trained.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to this diagnosis code:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Fecal incontinence NOS
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Encopresis - R15.9
- - Fecal
- - incontinence - R15.9
- - Incontinence - R32
- - anal sphincter - R15.9
- - feces - R15.9
- - rectal - R15.9
- - Loss (of)
- - control, sphincter, rectum - R15.9
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R15.9 | 787.60 - Full incontinence-feces |
Patient Education
Bowel Incontinence
Bowel incontinence is the inability to control your bowels. When you feel the urge to have a bowel movement, you may not be able to hold it until you get to a toilet. Millions of Americans have this problem. It affects people of all ages - children and adults. It is more common in women and older adults. It is not a normal part of aging.
Causes include:
- Constipation
- Damage to muscles or nerves of the anus and rectum
- Diarrhea
- Pelvic floor disorders
Treatments include changes in diet, medicines, bowel training, or surgery.
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)