I10
I10: Essential (primary) hypertension
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
I10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for essential (primary) hypertension. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check I10 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- high blood pressure
- hypertension (arterial) (benign) (essential) (malignant) (primary) (systemic)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
I10 is named in 39 Medicare coverage policies: 39 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A53026Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgery Coverage
- A54923Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgery for Treatment of Co-Morbidities Conditions Related to Morbid Obesity
- A56422Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hypertension, hypertensive(accelerated) (benign) (essential) (idiopathic) (malignant) (systemic)
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.