R03.0 – Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
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Notes
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.
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Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities
See also Anomaly
blood pressure
Blood
pressure
high
See Hypertension
Borderline
Elevated, elevation
blood pressure
See also Hypertension
reading, no diagnosis of hypertension
(incidental) (isolated) (nonspecific)
R03.0
High
blood pressure
See also Hypertension
reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
(incidental) (isolated) (nonspecific)
R03.0
Hypertension, hypertensive
(accelerated) (benign) (essential) (idiopathic) (malignant) (systemic)
I10
Tension
arterial, high
See also Hypertension
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| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R00-R99 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) |
| R00-R09 | Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09) |
| R03 | Abnormal blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis |
| R03.0 |
Elevated blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension
Notes
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.
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