Continuous leakage

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Continuous leakage

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from N39 Other disorders of urinary system

Excludes2 - not included here

hematuria NOS (R31.-)
recurrent or persistent hematuria (N02.-)
recurrent or persistent hematuria with specified morphological lesion (N02.-)
proteinuria NOS (R80.-)

Inherited from the N30-N39 section Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39)

Excludes2 - not included here

urinary infection (complicating):
abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Leak, leakage > urine
Incontinence > urine > continuous

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
N39.41	Urge incontinence	Valid
N39.42	Incontinence without sensory awareness	Valid
N39.43	Post-void dribbling	Valid
N39.44	Nocturnal enuresis	Valid
N39.46	Mixed incontinence	Valid
N39.49	Other specified urinary incontinence	Not billable