Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 788.36
Nocturnal enuresis
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 788.36 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 788.36 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 788.36 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N39.44 Nocturnal enuresis
Approximate Synonyms
  • Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting)
Clinical Information
  • Intermittent incontinence of urine while sleeping, regardless of whether intermittent daytime urinary incontinence is also present or not
  • Involuntary discharge of urine during sleep at night after expected age of completed development of urinary control
  • Many children wet the bed until they are 5 or even older. A child's bladder might be too small. Or the amount of urine produced overnight can be more than the bladder can hold. Some children sleep too deeply or take longer to learn bladder control. Children should not be punished for wetting the bed. They don't do it on purpose, and most outgrow it. Until then, bed-wetting alarms, bladder training and medicines might help
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 788.36:
  • Bedwetting (see also Enuresis) 788.36
  • Enuresis 788.30
    • nocturnal 788.36
  • Nocturnal - see also condition
    • enuresis 788.36
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