ICD-10-CM Code R33
Retention of urine
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code R33 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of R33 that describes the diagnosis 'retention of urine' in more detail.
- R33 Retention of urine NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE R33.0 Drug induced retention of urine
- BILLABLE R33.8 Other retention of urine
- BILLABLE R33.9 Retention of urine, unspecified
The ICD code R33 is used to code Urinary retention
Urinary retention, also known as ischuria, is an inability to completely empty the bladder. It is a common complication of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), though it can also be caused by:
Specialty: | Urology |
MeSH Code: | D016055 |
ICD 9 Code: | 788.2 |
Urinary retention with greatly enlarged bladder at CT.
Coding Notes for R33 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Psychogenic retention of urine - instead, use code F45.8
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'R33 - Retention of urine'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code R33. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.