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 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 997.91
Complications affecting other specified body systems not elsewhere classified hypertensionThis code may be outdated. View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 997.91 - Abnormally high blood pressure.
- Pathological increase in blood pressure.
- Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
- 997.91 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 997.* hierarchy
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