2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Symptoms, Signs, And Ill-Defined Conditions 780-799 > Nonspecific Abnormal Findings 790-796 > Other Nonspecific Abnormal Findings 796.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 796.2 Elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 796.2 796.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 796.2 contains 7 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 796.* hierarchy 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.  Index entries containing 796.2: Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly blood pressure elevated (without diagnosis of hypertension) 796.2 Blood pressure high (see also Hypertension) 401.9 incidental reading (isolated) (nonspecific), without diagnosis of hypertension 796.2 Elevation blood pressure (see also Hypertension) 401.9 reading (incidental) (isolated) (nonspecific), no diagnosis of hypertension 796.2 High artery (arterial) tension (see also Hypertension) 401.9 without diagnosis of hypertension 796.2 blood pressure (see also Hypertension) 401.9 incidental reading (isolated) (nonspecific), no diagnosis of hypertension 796.2 Labile blood pressure 796.2 Tension arterial, high (see also Hypertension) 401.9 without diagnosis of hypertension 796.2