2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code
In healthcare, diagnosis codes are used as a tool to group and identify diseases, disorders, symptoms, poisonings, adverse effects of drugs & chemicals, injuries and other reasons for patient encounters. Diagnostic coding is the translation of written descriptions of diseases, illnesses and injuries into codes from a particular classification.
What is the difference between ICD-9 and ICD-10?
I10 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Essential (primary) hypertension. It is found in the 2020 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2019 - Sep 30, 2020. Essential hypertension is high blood pressure that doesn't have a known secondary cause.
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Primary Hypertension (Formerly Known as Essential Hypertension) Essential (primary) hypertension occurs when you have abnormally high blood pressure that's not the result of a medical condition. This form of high blood pressure is often due to obesity, family history and an unhealthy diet.
Essential (primary) hypertension (I10) ICD-10 uses a single code for individuals with HTN who do not have additional disorders like heart or kidney disease. Code I10 includes high blood pressure, but it does not include elevated blood pressure reading without a diagnosis of HTN.
ICD-10 uses only a single code for individuals who meet criteria for hypertension and do not have comorbid heart or kidney disease. That code is I10, Essential (primary) hypertension.
Hypertension, whether uncontrolled, untreated or not responding to current medication, is assigned code I10. An instructional note provided for categories I10-I15 states to use an additional code to identify exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77. 22), history of tobacco use (Z87.
ICD-Code I10 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Essential (Primary) Hypertension.
Essential, primary, or idiopathic hypertension is defined as high BP in which secondary causes such as renovascular disease, renal failure, pheochromocytoma, aldosteronism, or other causes of secondary hypertension or mendelian forms (monogenic) are not present.
ICD-10 requires first using an I12 code for the combined diagnosis of hypertension and chronic kidney disease: I12. 0, Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end- stage renal disease, I12.
Primary pulmonary hypertension — also called heritable PAH, idiopathic PAH, primary group 1 pulmonary hypertension, and primary PAH — is reported using I27....Note New Codes for Pulmonary Hypertension.New CodesDescriptionI27.22Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease Group 2 pulmonary hypertension5 more rows•Jan 2, 2018
ICD-9-CM code 796.2 is assigned for elevated blood pressure without a diagnosis of hypertension and for transient or borderline hypertension. Once hypertension is established by a physician, a code from category 401 is assigned, with a fourth digit required: 0 for malignant, 1 for benign, and 9 for unspecified.
I10 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of essential (primary) hypertension. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
Hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use Section O10-O11, O13-O16) Code Type-2 Excludes: Type-2 Excludes. Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other.