Nonorganic encopresis
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
Repeated, voluntary or involuntary passage of faeces, usually of normal or near-normal consistency, in places not appropriate for that purpose in the individual's own sociocultural setting. The condition may represent an abnormal continuation of normal infantile incontinence, it may involve a loss of continence following the acquisition of bowel control, or it may involve the deliberate deposition of faeces in inappropriate places in spite of normal physiological bowel control. The condition may occur as a monosymptomatic disorder, or it may form part of a wider disorder, especially an emotional disorder (F93.-) or a conduct disorder (F91.-). Functional encopresis Incontinence of faeces of nonorganic origin Psychogenic encopresis Use additional code, if desired, to identify the cause of any coexisting constipation. Excl.: encopresis NOS (R15)