ICD-10: I10

Essential (primary) hypertension

Clinical Information

Includes

  • high blood pressure
  • hypertension (arterial) (benign) (essential) (malignant) (primary) (systemic)

Coding Guidelines

Excludes 1

  • hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O11, O13-O16)

Excludes 2

  • essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)
  • essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)

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