R33.8 ICD-10-CM Code: Other retention of urine
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)
MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.
- MS-DRG 695 — KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITH MCC (MDC 11)
- MS-DRG 696 — KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 11)
- MS-DRG 791 — PREMATURITY WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)
- MS-DRG 793 — FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)
A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.
Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for R33.8 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- psychogenic retention of urine (F45.8)
Code First
Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.
- Code first, if applicable, any causal condition, such as:
- enlarged prostate (N40.1)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to R33.8 in its code family, with their registry titles.
Indexed Clinical Terms (3)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Retention, urine, organic
- Retention, urine, specified NEC
- Urine, retention or stasis, organic