2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 796.2
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:
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What is elevated blood pressure without diagnosis of hypertension?
A new definition of high blood pressure (hypertension)
Now, elevated blood pressure (without a diagnosis of hypertension) is systolic blood pressure (the top number) between 120 and 129. That used to be a vague category called "prehypertension."
What is the ICD
ICD-10 code: R03. 0 Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension.
What is the ICD
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).
What is the ICD
0 for Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .