DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

R15 Fecal incontinence

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R15 is not billable. The category heads 4 billable codes in FY2027: the 4 codes directly below it.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R10-R19 Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
  3. R15 Fecal incontinence
Billable codes
4
Subdivisions
4
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
12

Codes in R15

  1. R15.0
    Incomplete defecation
    Billable
    Excludes2 2

    Excludes2

    • constipation (K59.0-) K59.0
    • fecal impaction (K56.41) K56.41
  2. R15.1
    Fecal smearing
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Fecal soiling
  3. R15.2
    Fecal urgency
    Billable
  4. R15.9
    Full incontinence of feces
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Fecal incontinence NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At R15

Includes

  • encopresis NOS

Excludes1

  • fecal incontinence of nonorganic origin (F98.1) F98.1

Notes that also apply

Block R10-R19 instructions (Excludes2 9): printed on the block page.

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.

Index entries

  • Smearing, fecal → R15.1
  • Encopresis → R15.9
  • Incompletedefecation → R15.0
  • Fecalsmearing → R15.1
  • Fecalsoiling → R15.1
  • Fecalurgency → R15.2
  • Urgencyfecal → R15.2
  • Fecalincontinence → R15.9
  • Incontinenceanal sphincter → R15.9
  • Incontinencefeces → R15.9
  • Incontinencerectal → R15.9
  • Loss (of)control, sphincter, rectum → R15.9

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