Category: I16 - Hypertensive crisis

 Chapter Notes

 Section Notes

 I16

Hypertensive crisis

Code also any identified hypertensive disease (I10-I15, I1A)

 I16.0

Hypertensive urgency

 I16.1

Hypertensive emergency

Use additional code, if applicable, to identify specific organ dysfunction, such as:

acute kidney injury (N17.-)

acute myocardial infarction (I21.-)

acute pulmonary edema (left and/or right ventricular failure) (J81.0, I50.-)

aortic dissection (I71.0-)

cerebral hemorrhage (I60.-. I61.-, I62.-)

cerebral infarction (I63.-)

eclampsia (O15.-)

hypertensive encephalopathy (I67.4)

seizure (R56.9)

 I16.9

Hypertensive crisis, unspecified