Bowel Incontinence ICD-10-CM Codes

What bowel incontinence ICD codes can I use?

Three are tied to it if you're looking for bowel incontinence ICD codes. Here they are:

R15.9 - Full incontinence of feces

This is the most specific ICD-10 code you're looking for regarding bowel incontinence because it's the only code that mentions incontinence and feces in its name. It's meant for patients who have no control over their bowel movements.

R15.1 - Fecal smearing

One of the characteristics of bowel incontinence is the tendency to have smears of fecal matter in underwear or whatever bottom clothing a person is wearing after taking a dump. Fecal smearing is a frequently observed behavior among individuals with autism that can be particularly difficult to manage. It involves spreading feces on surfaces like walls, furniture, or on the body.

R15.2 - Fecal urgency

Another characteristic of bowel incontinence is the feeling of suddenly emptying your bowels and not making it to the bathroom in time. If this is the case for your patient with bowel incontinence, this ICD-10 code applies to them.

Bowel incontinence is a symptom of a specific condition like diarrhea and constipation, so it's best to use a particular ICD-10 code as a principal diagnosis. Then, these three can be used to support it and further explain the patient's health status.

Are these bowel incontinence ICD codes billable?

Yes. All three of these bowel incontinence-related ICD-10 codes are valid and billable.

Clinical information

Bowel incontinence, sometimes called fecal incontinence, is the sudden inability to control bowel movements. What happens to a person with bowel incontinence is that their poop leaks from their rectum out of the blue, which can be embarrassing, depending on where the person is.

Sometimes, the person with incontinence can feel it, and they can't do anything to stop it. Sometimes, they don't feel like pooping, but poop still emerges.

If any of these happen:

• Poop leaks at the same time as a fart
• Poop leaks due to stress or when exerting physical effort for something
• If a person has the feeling of having to go to the bathroom to poop and also feels that they won't make it to the toilet before the poop comes out

This means that the person has bowel incontinence.

Synonyms include

• Childhood double incontinence
• Complete fecal incontinence
• Double incontinence
• Encopresis with constipation and overflow incontinence
• Fecal incontinence due to anorectal disorder
• Fecal incontinence following the creation of ileo-anal pouch
• Frequent fecal incontinence
• Functional fecal incontinence
• Idiopathic fecal incontinence
• Incontinence of feces
• Neuromyopathic fecal incontinence
• Non-retentive fecal incontinence
• Fecal incontinence of nonorganic origin
• Abnormal clinical findings, including functional fecal incontinence
• Involuntary passage due to fecal incontinence
• Incapable of voluntary control of bowel movement
• Dysfunction of anal sphincters

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