Elevated blood pressure without diagnosis of hypertension icd 10

Elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension

• 2015
• Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
• Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
• Questionable As Admission Dx

• ICD-9-CM 796.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 796.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).

Convert to ICD-10-CM: 796.2 converts directly to:

• 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R03.0 Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension

Note

This category is to be used to record an episode of elevated blood pressure in a patient in whom no formal diagnosis of hypertension has been made, or as an incidental finding.

Approximate Synonyms

• Blood pressure elevation
• Elevated blood pressure reading
• Elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension
• Elevated blood-pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension
• Elevated BP reading wo HTN diagnosis
• Finding of increased blood pressure
• Labile hypertension
• White coat syndrome

ICD-9-CM Coding Information

• 796.2 is not usually sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 796.2:

R03.0  Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension

R03.0 - Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension

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