· R03.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Elevated blood-pressure reading, w/o diagnosis of htn The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R03.0 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I87.329 Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) with inflammation of unspecified lower extremity 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
· Essential (primary) hypertension. I10 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM I10 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of I10 - other international versions of ICD-10 I10 may differ.
· 2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R03 2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R03 Abnormal blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code R03 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
401.9 - Unspecified essential hypertension | ICD-10-CM.
0: Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension.
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.
In ICD-10, the diagnosis codes are simplified and the hypertension table is no longer necessary.
Pathological increase in blood pressure; a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmhg.
High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. It can harm the arteries and cause an increase in the risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, and blindness. A disorder characterized by a pathological increase in blood pressure; a repeatedly elevation in the blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mm hg.
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) . If a patient has progressed from elevated blood pressure to a formal diagnosis of hypertension, a good documentation practice would be to include the reason for progressing the formal diagnosis. Similarly, a single mildly elevated blood pressure reading should be coded with the R03.0 until the formal diagnosis is established.
In ICD-9, essential hypertension was coded using 401.0 (malignant), 401.1 (benign), or 401.9 (unspecified). 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.
The exception to this is I15.8, Other secondary hypertension. Because this is an “other” code, the “other” condition must be coded first.
In most cases, you would use one of the following codes found in chapter 5 , “Mental, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders”:
Example: You have been following a 60-year-old male with hypertension and mild heart failure. You have coded I11.0 and I50.9. He recently had an acute exacerbation of his heart failure, was briefly hospitalized, and had an echocardiogram performed documenting combined systolic and diastolic failure. At discharge, you update his diagnosis codes to I11.0 and I50.43. When you see him in the office two weeks post-discharge and he is asymptomatic, his diagnosis codes could be I11.0 and I50.42 reflecting the chronic nature of his condition.
If you do not have a measurement of the left ventricular ejection fraction (typically from an echocardiogram), then you would need to use the more general left ventricular failure code (I50.1) .
Although various sources define hypertension slightly differently, the provider should document elevated systolic pressure above 140 or diastolic pressure above 90 with at least two readings on separate office visits. There are slight variations of this for older individuals and for individuals with readings obtained through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. From a documentation viewpoint, it is only important that the provider clearly document the basis for a newly established diagnosis.
Unspecified maternal hypertension, complicating the puerperium 1 O16.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 Short description: Unspecified maternal hypertension, comp the puerperium 3 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM O16.5 became effective on October 1, 2020. 4 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O16.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 O16.5 may differ.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM O16.5 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Transient hypotension. Clinical Information. A disorder characterized by a blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Abnormally low blood pressure that can result in inadequate blood flow to the brain and other vital organs.
If your blood pressure reading is 90/60 or lower, you have low blood pressure. Some people have low blood pressure all the time. They have no symptoms and their low readings are normal for them. In other people, blood pressure drops below normal because of some event or medical condition.