Essential Hypertension ICD 10 Code – Diagnosis I10

Billable/ Specific Code:

I10 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

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Applicable To:

• Diseases of the circulatory system
• Hypertensive diseases

Approximate Synonyms:

• Benign essential hypertension
• Benign essential hypertension (htn)
• Benign hypertension
• Bilateral hypertensive retinopathy
• Essential hypertension
• Essential hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Hypertension
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Hypertension, uncontrolled
• Hypertensive disorder
• Hypertensive emergency
• Hypertensive retinopathy, both eyes
• Hypertensive urgency
• Labile systemic arterial hypertension
• Left hypertensive retinopathy
• Left hypertensive retinopathy (eye condition)
• Malignant hypertension
• Nutritional therapy for hypertension
• Nutritional therapy for hypertension done
• Right hypertensive retinopathy
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• White coat syndrome

Clinical Information

• A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher. 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.
• Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it pumps out blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is highest when your heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure. Your blood pressure reading uses these two numbers, the systolic and diastolic pressures. Usually they are written one above or before the other. A reading of
  • 120/80 or lower is normal blood pressure
  • 140/90 or higher is high blood pressure
  • between 120 and 139 for the top number, or between 80 and 89 for the bottom number is prehypertension

  high blood pressure usually has no symptoms, but it can cause serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. You can control high blood pressure through healthy lifestyle habits and taking medicines, if needed.

• Hypertension occurring without preexisting renal disease or known organic cause.
• Pathological increase in blood pressure; a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmhg.
• Persistantly high arterial blood pressure.
• Persistently high systemic arterial blood pressure. Based on multiple readings (blood pressure determination), hypertension is currently defined as when systolic pressure is consistently greater than 140 mm hg or when diastolic pressure is consistently 90 mm hg or more.

Related Specialties:

• Cardiology
• Internal Medicine

ICD-10: A Brief Synopsis

For disease reporting, the US utilizes its own national variant of ICD-10 called the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). A procedural classification called ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) has also been developed for capturing inpatient procedures. The ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS were developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). There are over 70,000 ICD-10-PCS procedure codes and over 69,000 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, compared to about 3,800 procedure codes and roughly 14,000 diagnosis codes found in the previous ICD-9-CM.

The expansion of healthcare delivery systems and changes in global health trends prompted a need for codes with improved clinical accuracy and specificity. The alphanumeric coding in ICD-10 is an improvement from ICD-9 which had a limited number of codes and a restrictive structure. Early concerns in the implementation of ICD-10 included the cost and the availability of resources for training healthcare workers and professional coders.

There was much controversy when the transition from the ICD-9-CM to the ICD-10-CM was first announced in the US. Many providers were concerned about the vast number of codes being added, the complexity of the new coding system, and the costs associated with the transition. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) weighed these concerns against the benefits of having more accurate data collection, clearer documentation of diagnoses and procedures, and more accurate claims processing. CMS decided the financial and public health cost associated with continuing to use the ICD-9-CM was too high and mandated the switch to ICD-10-CM.