ICD-10-CM Code for Hypertensive emergency I16.1

ICD-10 code I16.1 for Hypertensive emergency is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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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)

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

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