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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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).
ICD-10 code: R03. 0 Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension.
ICD-10 code Z01. 30 for Encounter for examination of blood pressure without abnormal findings is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
For hypertension documented as accelerated or malignant (not hypertensive crisis, urgency, or emergency), look to category I10 Essential (primary) hypertension. ICD-10-CM instructions tell us when reporting from category I16, we should, “Code also any identified hypertensive disease (I10-I15).
Primary (essential) hypertension is high blood pressure that is multi-factorial and doesn't have one distinct cause. It's also known as idiopathic or essential hypertension. Above-normal blood pressure is typically anything over 120/80 mmHg. This means that the pressure inside your arteries is higher than it should be.
Since there is no separate CPT code for a blood-pressure check, CPT anticipates that such checks will be coded as a 99211 as long as the blood-pressure check is otherwise medically necessary, involves some evaluation and management of the patient and is not done as part of another E/M or other service.
ICD-10 code I95. 9 for Hypotension, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .
401.1 - Benign essential hypertension.