Relaxation exercises to manage ocular hypertension
There is no cure for ocular hypertension. However, with careful monitoring and treatment, when necessary, you can decrease the risk of damage to your eyes. How do you fix ocular hypertension?
Who is at risk for ocular hypertension? While anyone can develop ocular hypertension, some people are at a higher risk of developing this condition. They include: African-Americans and Hispanics; people over age 40; people who have diabetes or high blood pressure; people who are very myopic (nearsighted) people who have had eye injuries or surgery
However, within this article, ocular hypertension primarily refers to increased intraocular pressure without any optic nerve damage or vision loss. Glaucoma is diagnosed when characteristic optic nerve and vision changes occur; typically with elevated eye pressure but occasionally with normal pressure.
Ocular hypertension is when the pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure or IOP) is higher than normal. With ocular hypertension, the front of the eye does not drain fluid properly. This causes eye pressure to build up. Higher than normal eye pressure can cause glaucoma.
H40. 053 - Ocular hypertension, bilateral | ICD-10-CM.
Although 304 ICD-10 codes contain the word glaucoma, only one exists for glaucoma suspect (H40. 0).
Ocular perfusion pressure is a complex variable that can be considered as the difference between the blood pressure and the eye pressure. If the blood pressure is low and the eye pressure is elevated, blood has difficulty getting into the eye to supply oxygen and important nutrients.
Your eye pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury, expressed as mm Hg. Normal eye pressure is between 10 to 21 mm Hg. High intraocular pressure is greater than 21 mm Hg.
H25. 13 Age-related nuclear cataract, bilateral - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
031-033 Hypertensive Retinopathy.
Essential (primary) hypertension: I10 That code is I10, Essential (primary) hypertension. As in ICD-9, this code includes “high blood pressure” but does not include elevated blood pressure without a diagnosis of hypertension (that would be ICD-10 code R03. 0).
5 Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders.
H40.22. Chronic angle-closure glaucoma. H40.221_ Right eye. ... H40.23. Intermittent angle-closure glaucoma. H40.231 Right eye. ... H40.24. Residual stage of angle-closure glaucoma. H40.241 Right eye. ... H40.3. Glaucoma secondary to eye trauma. H40.31X_ Right eye. ... H40.4. Glaucoma secondary to eye inflammation. ... H40.82. Hypersecretion glaucoma.
Moderate stage glaucoma is noted with a “2” as the final digit in the diagnosis code. As in the example above, moderate stage open angle glaucoma with borderline findings and low risk the ICD-10 code would be H40. 011X2 for the right eye and H40. 012X2 for the left eye.
ICD Code 110 is a billable ICD-10-CM code that will be used to specify a diagnosis in relation to essential (primary) hypertension. ICD-10 codes 010, 011 and 013-016 in this case will be used to specify any hypertension complication affecting childbirth pregnancy and puerperium. Essential hypertension affecting vessels supplying the brain with blood will be represented by ICD-10 codes 160-169. Essential hypertension affecting vessels supplying the eye with blood on the other hand will be represented by the ICD-10 codes H35.0
ICD Code I12.0 in ICD-10 codes will be used to indicate hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage for renal disease. I12.9 on its part will represent Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 1 through to stage 4.
There are two main types of hypertension, primary hypertension which has been known to grow gradually with time. The other one is known as secondary hypertension. Both types of hypertension are known to considerably hurt the arteries acting as a major cause for strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure and blindness.
ICD-10-CM officially replaces ICD-9-CM on October 1 2014, therefore, Medical Billers or Medical coders can use 2014 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes for only training or planning purposes until then.
The center for disease Control and prevention puts the number of Americans who suffer from hypertension at 67 million translating to 31% of all adults. It is estimated that more women than men suffer from Hypertensive condition with a high prevalence in people above the ages of 65.