N39.3 ICD-10-CA subcategory: Stress incontinence
N39.3 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 2 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
N39.3Stress incontinence
ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written N393
Codes in N39.3
N39.3 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.
Notes for N39.3
As CIHI prints them, with any note N39.3 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Intrinsic (urethral) sphincter deficiency (ISD)urethral hypermobility
Use additional code
Add a code for this detail when the note documents it.
- Use additional code (N32.8) to identify overactive bladder or detrusor muscle hyperactivity
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Haematuria:• NOS (R31)• recurrent and persistent (N02.-)• with specified morphological lesion (N02.-)proteinuria NOS (R80)From N39 Other disorders of urinary system
- Urinary infection (complicating):• abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)• pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-)(O75.3) (O86.2)• with urolithiasis (N20-N23)From N30-N39 Other diseases of urinary system
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)neoplasms (C00-D48)symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)From Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
Where N39.3 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
- 2Block N30-N39Other diseases of urinary system
- 3Category N39Other disorders of urinary system
- 4Subcategory N39.3Stress incontinence
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is N39.3 a valid ICD-10-CA code?
No. N39.3 (Stress incontinence) is a subcategory heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 2 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is N39.3 in ICD-10-CA?
N39.3 sits under N39 Other disorders of urinary system, within N30-N39 Other diseases of urinary system, within Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99).
What coding notes apply to N39.3?
ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Use additional code, Excludes notes for N39.3, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.