Elimination Disorders

Question 1

The patient repeatedly passes feces into inappropriate places or in clothes

1+ times/month for 3+ months in someone 4+ years old
Coding: w/ or w/o constipation and overflow incontinence

Answer 1

Encopresis

Question 2

Without known cause, a patient repeatedly urinates into clothing or bedding (voluntary or involuntary).

2+ times/week for 3+ months in someone 5+ years old
Coding: nocturnal only, diurnal only, both

Answer 2

Enuresis

Question 3

Symptoms that don’t meet the full diagnostic criteria for encopresis or enuresis, in cases where you wish to state the reason.
Codes: w/ urinary symptoms; w/ fecal symptoms

Answer 3

Other specified elimination disorder

Question 4

Symptoms that do not meet the full diagnostic criteria for encopresis or enuresis, in cases where you do not wish to state the reason.
Codes: w/ urinary symptoms; w/ fecal symptoms

Answer 4

Unspecified elimination disorder