I15.0

I15.0: Renovascular hypertension

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I15.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for renovascular hypertension. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check I15.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above I15.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on I15: Secondary hypertension

postprocedural hypertension (I97.3)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I15.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on I15: Secondary hypertension

secondary hypertension involving vessels of brain (I60-I69)
secondary hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)

Other codes that can never be billed with I15.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

I12Hypertensive chronic kidney disease

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

I15.0 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies: 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A54923Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgery for Treatment of Co-Morbidities Conditions Related to Morbid Obesity
A55336Billing and Coding: Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hypertension, hypertensive›renovascular
Hypertension, hypertensive›due to›renovascular disorders
Hypertension, hypertensive›due to›renal disorders NEC›arterial
Hypertension, hypertensive›secondary NEC›due to›renovascular disorders
Hypertension, hypertensive›secondary NEC›due to›renal disorders NEC›arterial

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.