Billable Medical Code for Retention of Urine, Unspecified
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 788.20
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 788.20.
Known As
Urinary retention is also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (enlarged prostate), BPH w urinary retention, drug induced urinary retention, drug-induced retention of urine, retention of urine, urinary retention, and urinary retention due to benign prostatic hypertrophy.
Urinary Retention Definition and Symptoms
Urinary retention is the inability to completely empty the bladder. Symptoms are being able to start urination but not able to satisfyingly complete the emptying of the bladder.