ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R39.16
Straining to void
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R39.16
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R39 — Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R39.16 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of straining to void. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R39
- R39Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- R39.0Extravasation of urine
- R39.1Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.11Hesitancy of micturition
- R39.12Poor urinary stream
- R39.13Splitting of urinary stream
- R39.14Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying
- R39.15Urgency of urination
- R39.19Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.191Need to immediately re-void
- R39.192Position dependent micturition
- R39.198Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.2Extrarenal uremia
- R39.8Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- R39.81Functional urinary incontinence
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