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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