I10
BillableEssential (primary) hypertension
Essential (primary) hypertension
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- high blood pressure
- hypertension (arterial) (benign) (essential) (malignant) (primary) (systemic)
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
- hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O11, O13-O16)
- essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)
- essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Benign essential hypertension1201005
- Benign hypertension10725009
- High-renin essential hypertension19769006
- BP - High blood pressure38341003
- BP+ - Hypertension38341003
- HBP - High blood pressure38341003
- HT - Hypertension38341003
- HTN - Hypertension38341003
- High blood pressure38341003
- High blood pressure disorder38341003
- Hypertension38341003
- Hypertensive disorder38341003
- Hypertensive disorder, systemic arterial38341003
- Hypertensive vascular degeneration38341003
- Hypertensive vascular disease38341003
- Systemic arterial hypertension38341003
- Low-renin essential hypertension46481004
- Diastolic hypertension48146000
- Transient hypertension52698002
- Systolic hypertension56218007
- Essential hypertension59621000
- Idiopathic hypertension59621000
- Primary hypertension59621000
- Systemic primary arterial hypertension59621000
- Sustained diastolic hypertension59720008
- Brachydactyly syndrome type E63711009
- Labile diastolic hypertension65518004
- Malignant hypertension70272006
- Accelerated essential hypertension78975002
- Malignant essential hypertension78975002
- Rebound hypertension84094009
- Good hypertension control170577003
- Hypertensive treatment changed170587004
- Hypertension monitoring offer default185718005
- Haemorrhagic cerebral infarction230706003
- Hemorrhagic cerebral infarction230706003
- Ischaemic stroke with haemorrhagic transformation230706003
- Ischemic stroke with hemorrhagic transformation230706003
- Hypertension monitoring status308502002
- Labile essential hypertension371125006
- Hypertension with albuminuria397748008
- Hypertensive optic neuropathy421731000
- Systolic essential hypertension429457004
- Complication of systemic hypertension449759005
- Complication of systemic hypertensive disorder449759005
- Hypertensive complication449759005
- Hereditary dysplasia of blood vessel461415008
- Intermittent hypertension697929007
- Hypertensive crisis706882009
- Supine hypertension712832005
- Grange occlusive arterial syndrome717824007
- Grange syndrome717824007
- Progressive arterial occlusive disease, hypertension, heart defect, bone fragility, brachysyndactyly syndrome717824007
- Bilginturan brachydactyly720568003
- Bilginturan syndrome720568003
- Brachydactyly and arterial hypertension syndrome720568003
- Brachydactyly type E with short stature and hypertension720568003
- Dementia due to metabolic abnormality722979008
- Combined diastolic and systolic hypertension762463000
- Diastolic hypertension and systolic hypertension762463000
- Diastolic hypertension co-occurrent with systolic hypertension762463000
- Hypertension stage 2827068008
- Stage 2 hypertension827068008
- Hypertension stage 1827069000
- Stage 1 hypertension827069000
- Haemorrhagic infarction1162785009
- Hemorrhagic infarction1162785009
- Martorell ulcer of lower leg1236831007
- Ulcer of lower leg due to arterial hypertension1236831007
- Ulcer of lower leg due to hypertension1236831007
- Martorell ulcer of lower limb1237173008
- Ulcer of lower extremity due to arterial hypertension1237173008
- Ulcer of lower limb due to arterial hypertension1237173008
- Dementia due to haemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1259499007
- Dementia due to hemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1259499007
- Dementia due to intracerebral hypertensive haemorrhage1259499007
- Dementia due to intracerebral hypertensive hemorrhage1259499007
- Dementia due to hypertensive encephalopathy1259531005
- Haemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1260271009
- Hemorrhagic cerebral infarction due to hypertension1260271009
- Hypertensive haemorrhagic cerebral infarction1260271009
- Hypertensive hemorrhagic cerebral infarction1260271009
- Headache due to arterial hypertension1260345007
- Headache due to hypertension1260345007
- Stable hypertension1356877007
- On treatment for hypertension1366067008
- Cerebrovascular accident with intracranial haemorrhage5571000124103
- Cerebrovascular accident with intracranial hemorrhage5571000124103
- Hypertensive emergency132721000119104
- Labile systemic arterial hypertension16229371000119106
UMLS
- Arterial hypertensionC0020538
- BP - High blood pressureC0020538
- BP+ - HypertensionC0020538
- Blood Pressure, HighC0020538
- Blood Pressures, HighC0020538
- Blood pressure highC0020538
- HBPC0020538
- HBP - High blood pressureC0020538
- HT - HypertensionC0020538
- HTNC0020538
- HTN - HypertensionC0020538
- High Blood PressureC0020538
- High Blood PressuresC0020538
- High blood pressureC0020538
- High blood pressure disorderC0020538
- HypertensionC0020538
- Hypertension NOSC0020538
- Hypertension arterialC0020538
- Hypertension, arterialC0020538
- Hypertensive disorderC0020538
- Hypertensive disorder, systemic arterialC0020538
- Hypertensive disorder, systemic arterial (disorder)C0020538
- Hypertensive vascular degenerationC0020538
- Hypertensive vascular diseaseC0020538
- Systemic arterial hypertensionC0020538
- Systemic hypertensionC0020538
- Vascular Hypertensive DisorderC0020538
- Vascular hypertensive disordersC0020538
- arterial hypertensionC0020538
- arterial hypertension systemicC0020538
- blood high pressureC0020538
- high blood pressureC0020538
- high blood pressure disorderC0020538
- hyperpiesiaC0020538
- hyperpiesisC0020538
- hypertensionC0020538
- hypertensive diseaseC0020538
- hypertensive disorderC0020538
- hypertensive vascular diseaseC0020538
- systemic arterial hypertensionC0020538
- systemic hypertensionC0020538
- vascular hypertensionC0020538
- EHTC0085580
- Essential (primary) hypertensionC0085580
- Essential HypertensionC0085580
- Essential hypertensionC0085580
- Essential hypertension (disorder)C0085580
- Essential hypertension, unspecifiedC0085580
- HYPERTENSION, ESSENTIALC0085580
- Hypertension, EssentialC0085580
- Hypertension, PrimaryC0085580
- Hypertensions, PrimaryC0085580
- Idiopathic hypertensionC0085580
- Primary HypertensionC0085580
- Primary HypertensionsC0085580
- Primary hypertensionC0085580
- Systemic primary arterial hypertensionC0085580
- Unspecified essential hypertensionC0085580
- essential hypertensionC0085580
- essential hypertension unspecifiedC0085580
- hypertension primaryC0085580
- idiopathic hypertensionC0085580
- primary hypertensionC0085580
- hypertension (arterial) (benign) (essential) (malignant) (primary) (systemic)C4290132
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code I10?
ICD-10-CM code I10 represents "Essential (primary) hypertension". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is I10 a billable code?
Yes, I10 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is I10 in?
I10 is in Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (codes I00-I99).
What codes cannot be used with I10?
I10 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: neonatal hypertension (P29.2); primary pulmonary hypertension (I27.0); hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O11, O13-O16).
Are additional codes required with I10?
Yes, when using I10 you should also code: code to identify:; exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22); history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891); occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31); tobacco dependence (F17.-); tobacco use (Z72.0).
What SNOMED CT codes does I10 map to?
I10 maps to 47 SNOMED CT concepts: 78975002, 38341003, 1201005, 10725009, 720568003, and 42 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for I10?
I10 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0020538, C0085580, C4290132. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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