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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 796.2

Elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension

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  • 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