2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R39Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system

ICD-10-CM Codes›R00–R99›R30-R39›R39

ICD-10-CM R39
CMSSource: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026

R39 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code for other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system, so it cannot be submitted on claims. Use a more specific code from this category instead, such as R39.0, R39.11, R39.12, and R39.13. As a symptom code, it should not be used as a principal diagnosis once a related definitive diagnosis has been established.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
R39
Billable Status
No — Non-Billable Category
Code Describes
Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
Chapter
R30-R39
Symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system

Code Classification

ChapterR00–R99Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
SectionR30-R39Symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
CategoryR39Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
This CodeR39Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system

Specific Coding for Oth and unsp symptoms and signs involving the GU sysOverview

Non-specific codes like R39 require more characters. Use one of these billable codes instead:

  • Use R39.0 for Extravasation of urine

  • R39.1 for Other difficulties with micturition

  • Use R39.11 for Hesitancy of micturition

  • Use R39.12 for Poor urinary stream

  • Use R39.13 for Splitting of urinary stream

  • Use R39.14 for Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying

  • Use R39.15 for Urgency of urination

  • Use R39.16 for Straining to void

  • R39.19 for Other difficulties with micturition

  • Use R39.2 for Extrarenal uremia

  • R39.8 for Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system

  • Use R39.81 for Functional urinary incontinence

  • Use R39.82 for Chronic bladder pain

  • Use R39.83 for Unilateral non-palpable testicle

  • Use R39.84 for Bilateral non-palpable testicles

  • R39.85 for Costovertebral (angle) tenderness

  • Use R39.89 for Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system

  • Use R39.9 for Unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system

Patient EducationClinical

Urine and Urination

Your kidneys make urine by filtering wastes and extra water from your blood. The waste is called urea. Your blood carries it to the kidneys. From the kidneys, urine travels down two thin tubes called ureters to the bladder. The bladder stores urine until you are ready to urinate.

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Code HistoryHistory

FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2025No changes
FY 2026CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

Questions About R39Overview

Is R39 a billable code?

No. This is a category header that groups the codes for other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system, and headers cannot be submitted on claims. Claims for other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system need a more specific code from this category, such as R39.0, R39.11, and R39.12.

Can R39 be a principal diagnosis?

Use it with care. This is a symptom code, so once a definitive diagnosis explaining the other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system is established, that condition takes the principal position instead.