Diastolic elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension

Coding note from above levels

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 isolated incidental finding.

Index terms

Diastolic elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension

Exclusions from above levels

19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

MC80.00 – White coat hypertension
MC80.01 – Combined diastolic and systolic elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension
MC80.03 – Systolic elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension
MC80.0Y – Other specified elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
MC80.0Z – Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension, unspecified

Foundation entity

Diastolic elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1893321454

Part of: MC80.0: Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension › MC80: Abnormal blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension or hypotension › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified